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'''American Gothic''' is a painting by American [[artist]] [[Grant Wood]]. The subjects in the painting are a farmer and woman looking gaunt. The man holds a pitchfork and both wear severe expressions. The painting was controversial when it was first exhibited in 1930. The Art Institute of Chicago awarded the painting a prize of $300.
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'''American Gothic''' is a painting by American [[artist]] [[Grant Wood]]. The subjects in the painting are a farmer and woman looking gaunt. The man holds a pitchfork and both wear severe expressions. The models for the two characters were Wood's dentist and his sister. The painting was controversial when it was first exhibited in 1930. The Art Institute of Chicago awarded the painting a prize of $300.
    
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
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