Nan Wood Graham
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Nan Wood Graham was the sister of painter Grant Wood
. She is best known as the model for the woman in her brother's most famous painting, American Gothic
. She married Edward Graham, a real estate investor; and spent the rest of her life as a historian for her brother's work. She died at a nursing home at the age of 91.
Grant Wood
Grant DeVolson Wood was an American painter, born four miles east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.- Life and career :His family moved to Cedar Rapids after his...
. She is best known as the model for the woman in her brother's most famous painting, American Gothic
American Gothic
American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood's inspiration came from a cottage designed in the Gothic Revival style with a distinctive upper window and a decision to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that...
. She married Edward Graham, a real estate investor; and spent the rest of her life as a historian for her brother's work. She died at a nursing home at the age of 91.