From fifth place to American icon | Art Institute Shorts @artinstitutechi
From fifth place to American icon | Art Institute Shorts @artinstitutechi
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Hear the origin story of this iconic American work from Sarah Kelly Oehler, chair and curator of Arts of the Americas. This famous painting by Grant Wood entered our collection after winning 5th place and a $300 prize in the Art Institute's 1930 "Annual Exhibition of American Paintings."
You can see "American Gothic" on view in Gallery 263.
From fifth place to American icon | Art Institute ShortsHow did this artwork become a cultural icon? | Art Institute Shorts#5WomenArtists—New Narratives in the Americas CollectionLecture: Legacy and Lunacy—Soga Shōhaku’s Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine ForestArtist Talk: James JohnsonLecture: For the Love of Art—Mary Reynolds and Marcel DuchampMember Lecture: Gustave Caillebotte—Painting His WorldMember Conversation: Gustave Caillebotte—Painting His WorldTalk: The Monk, the World’s Parliament, and the Museum—Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 Sojourn in ChicagoMember Lecture: Among Friends and Rivals — Caravaggio in RomeConversation: The World at War—Beyond Matisse’s JazzMember Lecture: Korean National Treasures—2,000 Years of Art
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From fifth place to American icon | Art Institute Shorts

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