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11 days ago by Rick Smith

A Davenport firm has been selected from among five bidders to repair the flood-damaged, Grant Wood stained-glass window at the Veterans Memorial Building on May’s Island. Winning bidder Glass Heritage LLC of Davenport has told the city that the firm will take between 12 and 15 days to remove the win ...

Eye on the Island - rickmsmith.wordpress.com · 15 references

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15 days ago by Sacchetto

I love a challenge! Here's a special order painting commissioned through zombieportraits.com.

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17 days ago by sroden

top: snapshot circa 1940, found at the fleamarket on sunday, a father preacher holding an open bible, and his guitar playing daughter. bottom: grant wood's american gothic from 1930, also a father and daughter.

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17 days ago by Mr. Social

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21 days ago by blonde_blythe

Good morning! :-D I'm fixing to work out, then settle in for a long day of painting & watching DVDs. I created a new lens about one of my favorite artists--John Steuart Curry. Check it out, and see how you like his work: JOHN STEUART CURRY I hope everyone has a great weekend, and I hope that my muse ...

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41 days ago by jeff.tecklenburg

Gazette Editorial Nearly a year after our worst flood on record, an icon of Cedar Rapids still faces an unsure future. Veterans Memorial Building/City Hall has been cleaned up but little else has been done. And that’s disappointing, especially this Memorial Day weekend. The building, listed on the N ...

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43 days ago by Brian

In this animation, I use few famous painting to create this” Pop Art”. Edvard Munch’s most famous painting, The Scream, is damaged beyond repair. And American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood from 1930. Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (1801). The background is The Third of May 1808, Francisco G ...

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44 days ago by crstarlette

To wrap up our Grant Wood mini unit study and visit another of the places suggested in 101 Places You Gotta See Before You’re 12 we went to Eldon, IA to see the American Gothic house. Aside from the gas used for a long, two hour drive (each way) this was completely free! Across from the house is the ...

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45 days ago by Dag

Seems that folks get a lot of fun from parodying iconic America. It's an easy laugh. I enjoy it too. That someone came first and created something others play with and ridicule is not the point. The original stands in it's glory for those who appreciate it for what it is; and then we can take a deto ...

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46 days ago by crstarlette

The Grant Wood unit study continues with our visit to Grant Wood’s studio. This is a location he at first used as just a studio, while living in Marion, IA, but then lived in with his mother and I believe his sister. He finished painting the American Gothic in this studio, and some parts of the stud ...

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