His notable work known as ‘American Gothic’ has observations about society hidden behind the layers of oil. The artist completed his painting in 1930 (the beginning of the Great Depression ...

I can also see his sense of humor in titling his painting American Gothic—his juxtaposition ... of research into farming and geology and history and folklore in order to give my novel as much ...

The question of why, at the turn of the 20th century, modern art flourished in Europe has long been one of art history’s most ... survey exhibition, “Gothic Modernity,” which debuted last ...