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With only 10 units sold, the 25-story tower sat nearly vacant after developer Opus South declared bankruptcy. Concierge Asset Management bought the remaining 143 units in June 2010 for $30 million. The firm immediately slashed prices. "It gets back to...
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Birthday to Grant Wood, born this day in 1891. I'm a huge fan of Wood's work...I especially love Parson Weems' Fable and Paul Revere. Also, it also gives me a chance to link back to a post of mine about Ronald Reagan that features Wood, John Seery,...
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The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include former first lady Bess Truman , wife of former U.S....
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By 1940, Catlett had become the first black woman to receive a master's in fine arts at the University of Iowa. Her mentor there, American Gothic painter Grant Wood, encouraged Catlett to portray what she knew best. Wood inspired her to focus on black...
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By 1940, Catlett had become the first black woman to receive a master's in fine arts at the University of Iowa. Her mentor there, American Gothic painter Grant Wood, encouraged Catlett to portray what she knew best. Wood inspired her to focus on black...
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By 1940, Catlett had become the first black woman to receive a master's in fine arts at the University of Iowa. Her mentor there, American Gothic painter Grant Wood, encouraged Catlett to portray what she knew best. Wood inspired her to focus on black...
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Since neither of us expected him (or me) to live this long, some acknowledgement seems in order. The old man was born in Idaho in the middle of the Great Depression, the fourth of five children born to Delbert and Julia, two of the most humorless people...
About Grant Wood
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Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in 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. Full Article
