American Gothic - Grant Wood Card

Postcard with reproduction of American Gothic painting by Grant Wood. A painting of a man and woman with stern expressions standing side-by-side in front of a white house. The man holds a pitch fork. Painting depicts a farmer standing beside his daughter – often mistakenly assumed to be his wife. The painting is named for the house's architectural style. Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters. American Gothic is one of the most familiar images of 20th-century American art.