Today was the last day to see the Grant Wood exhibit at the
Whitney Museum.
It’s a shame if you didn’t get a chance to check it out
because it was definitely worth a visit.
Not surprisingly he was a great artist.
They included some of his early work in the exhibit and
this example of his “impressionist” phase shows how talented he is in that
style.
I was also quite taken with this piece, which reminds me of
a Norman Rockwell. Apparently he did it
in the hopes of getting a WPA commission – which he did not get.
Of course there was a crowd gathered around American
Gothic. But it was actually the least
interesting painting in the show since it is so overexposed.
What I was interested in seeing was his landscape work because
I love The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, which The Met
loaned for the exhibit. It’s still my
favorite.
But I loved so many of the others too. Cartoonish, but not really. Just highly stylized.
It was interesting to note that most of the pieces came
from collections in Midwest museums. This
one belongs to William Koch.
Clearly he has a good eye.
Cheers!
PJ
© 2018 PJ Lehrer
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