A 1936 review from ART DIGEST regarding the American artist Grant Wood (1891 – 1942), and his efforts to illustrate a 1935 children's book titled Farm on the Hill
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Wood, a reigning member of the Regionalism School in American art, had come into the public eye some six years earlier with the creation of his painting, "American Gothic, is quoted in this article concerning his creative process and the importance his vision of Iowa plays while painting:
"...Mr Wood seceded from the neo-meditationists of Paris because when he began to meditate he realized that 'all the really good ideas I'd ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.'"
Click here to read a 1942 article by Rockwell Kent on the proper roll of American artists during wartime.
