Grant Wood: From Farm Boy to American Icon examines how the major events in Wood’s life are reflected in his art: building a house for himself, his mother, and his sister in Cedar Rapids; working for the Cedar Rapids Community School District; moving into his studio home at 5 Turner Alley; and his four trips to Europe during the 1920s. His last trip, when he traveled to Munich to help fabricate a large stained glass window for the Veterans Memorial Building, precipitated a major stylistic change from his American Impressionist paintings to the harder-edged style of his later work.
