I joined a school of painters in Paris after the war who called themselves neo-meditationists. They believed an artist had to wait for inspiration, very quietly, and they did most of their waiting at the Dome or the Rotonde, with brandy. It was then that I realized that all the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. So I went back to Iowa. —Grant Wood And that’s where he made his name. Grant Wood remains the foremost American regionalist; he took the position that an artist should paint what was around him, what he knew profoundly. Wood’s familiarity with his subject ran so deep that it allowed him to take a bit of liberty with it: some of his paintings reveal a hint of teasing irony in counterpoint to their solid affection. But irony makes no appearance in Dinner for Threshers, a heartfelt evocation of a midday in August and a long day’s work broken by a good meal. Dinner for Threshers is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Twenty assorted 5 x 7” blank notecards (5 each of 4 styles) with envelopes in a decorative box. ISBN 0-7649-3375-2 |
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Grant Wood, Dinner for Threshers (detail; part I), 1934. 5 x 7” blank notecard with white envelope. | | Grant Wood, Dinner for Threshers (detail; part II), 1934. 5 x 7” blank notecard with white envelope. |
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Grant Wood, Dinner for Threshers (detail; part III), 1934. 5 x 7” blank notecard with white envelope. | | Grant Wood, Dinner for Threshers (detail; part IV), 1934. 5 x 7” blank notecard with white envelope. |
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