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Concu rrent with the widespread isolationisfsentiment in Ame rica du ring the Great Depression of the l930s，Regionalism gained national popularity as a school of paintingsyn．onymous with American values．The triumvi rate ofRegionalism--Grant Wood，Thomas Ha rf Benton，and John Steua rtCurry—painted scenes of farm life and American folklore in a widelyaccessible，representational style．
These themes came natu rally to GrantWood(1891—1 942)，who spent his fi rst ten yea rs on a fa rm andlived most of his Ii re in Iowa．His best。known paintings，such asStone City,Iowa and Spring Turnin9，offer idyllic panoramas of theag ra rian Midwest or humorous insights on American types，as inDaughters of Revolution and Appraisal．Now both c riticized andapplauded for being narrow in focus，de*ive，andstorytellin9，these paintings epitomized the Regionalist movementand attracfed an immense popula r audience．Wood lectu rednationwide on Regionalism and held a university-level teaching postthrough which he disseminated his ideals．
These themes came natu rally to GrantWood(1891—1 942)，who spent his fi rst ten yea rs on a fa rm andlived most of his Ii re in Iowa．His best。known paintings，such asStone City,Iowa and Spring Turnin9，offer idyllic panoramas of theag ra rian Midwest or humorous insights on American types，as inDaughters of Revolution and Appraisal．Now both c riticized andapplauded for being narrow in focus，de*ive，andstorytellin9，these paintings epitomized the Regionalist movementand attracfed an immense popula r audience．Wood lectu rednationwide on Regionalism and held a university-level teaching postthrough which he disseminated his ideals．