Grant Wood’s "American Gothic" (1930) is a seminal work of 20th-century American Regionalism. The painting portrays a farmer and his daughter positioned in front of a rural house built in the Carpenter Gothic style. Wood cast his sister, Nan, and his personal dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby, as models to depict the rigid, traditional character of Midwestern society during the Great Depression. Characterized by its precise vertical geometry, muted color palette, and stark frontal composition, the painting remains one of the most recognized and frequently parodied images in American art history.