Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/American Gothic

American Gothic edit

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OriginalGrant DeVolson Wood's American Gothic, one of the most familiar images in 20th century American art. It is an oil painting on beaverboard and measures 74.3 cm × 62.4 cm (29¼ in × 24½ in).
Reason
Iconic work in high resolution, nice and free
Articles in which this image appears
American Gothic, Grant Wood, +8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Grant Wood
  • Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:37, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- Great stuff. Would have loved to see even more detail. Saffron Blaze (talk) 01:59, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: Why is there a white border around three sides, but not the right side? Clegs (talk) 08:59, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I opened it in GIMP and could not see a border. There is some cracking around the edges, though. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:22, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Grant DeVolson Wood - American Gothic.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 15:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]