Daughters of Revolution
| Daughters of Revolution | |
|---|---|
| Grant Wood's painting, Daughters of Revolution | |
| Artist | Grant Wood |
| Year | 1932 |
| Type | Oil on masonite |
| Medium | Masonite |
| Dimensions | 50.8 cm × 101.4 cm (20.0 in × 39.9 in) |
| Location | Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati |
Daughters of Revolution (1932) is a painting by American artist Grant Wood; he claimed it as his only satire.[1]
Origin
In 1927, Wood was commissioned to create a stained glass window in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Unhappy with the quality of domestic glass sources, he used glass made in Germany. The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) complained about the use of a German source for a World War I memorial, as Germany had been an enemy of the US in that war. They expressed a lingering anti-German sentiment in society, and other people in Cedar Rapids also protested the German source. As a result, the window was not dedicated until 1955.[2] Wood was said to have described the DAR as "those Tory gals" and "people who are trying to set up an aristocracy of birth in a Republic."[3] Five years later Wood painted Daughters of Revolution, which he described as his only satire. He emphasized the contrast of three aged women in faded dresses framed against the heroic 1851 painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware, which, ironically, was painted in Germany by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze.[1] Wood depicted his mother's clothing on the models, including a lace collar and amber pin he bought for her in Germany.[4]
Critique
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jane Havens (1998). "Satire". Going Back to Iowa: The World of Grant Wood – Grant Wood's Ironic Lens: Satire. University of Virginia. Archived from the original on October 8, 1999. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Review: It's no joke: Grant Wood is truly a great artist". The Phoenix. Boston. June 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ Corn, Wanda. Grant Wood, The Regionalist Vision. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983, p. 100
- ↑ Graham, Nan Wood. "Grant Wood scrapbook 01: Grant Wood, 1900-1969". Figge Art Museum Grant Wood Digital Collection. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
