American Gothic Parodies: Spoofs of the Well Known Painting

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American Gothic - The Most Spoofed Artwork

American Gothic, painted by Grant Wood in 1930, is more than just a picture of a couple in Iowa. It is a symbol of American culture and history, and it has perhaps become the subject of more parodies than any other piece of art.

American Gothic parodies are made with various different purposes - some express a specific opinion or show another viewpoint, while others are just done for fun.

Art history has never been so fun!

The Original Painting 

Grant Wood painted American Gothic, in 1930, the house being that of Gideon and Mary Hart Jones.
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Parodies of American Gothic 

American Gothic Brothers by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton

American Gothic Brothers

american gothic by limpfish

Dead Gothic

American Gothic by billypalooza

Palin & McCain

Woody Gothic by aldoaldoz

Woody Gothic

Arrested Gothic, or American Development by Liam Higgins

Lucille & George Bluth Sr.

The McSimpsons by azrainman

Simpsons Gothic

american gothic by Dazed81

Gnome Gothic

American Gothic by Gareth Courage

Disformed Gothic

Gonzo Gothic by tony.capricorny

American gothic parody by zara.1503

Yuppie Gothic

Airstream Gothic by bredlo

Airstream Gothic

Dwangela by sirocoventura

Dwight & Angela

American Gothic Rabbit Ears by zenosaurus

American Gothic Rabbit Ears

American Scuba by Mandrak-Junka

This image is a famous painting re-edition American Gothic made for me in Photos...

100_1575 by amesvegas

Legos American Gothic

Obamas' American Gothic - for blogs - 1 by The Kitchen Gardener

The Obamas

American Gothic Spoofs 

Art Spoofs: American Gothic

Grant Wood's famed American Gothic portrait of a farm couple has been spoofed many times by various Internet artists. Here are some of the wilder spoofs, gathered and set to music.

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The Famous House In the Background 

American Gothic HouseThe white house with the gothic window shown behind the couple has become quite famous as a result of this painting.

The American Gothic House, or The Dibble house, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Dibbles were the original owners of the house, but the owners in 1930 (when the painting was done) were Gideon and Mary Hart Jones.
American Gothic House Center
Learn more about this house and how you can visit it.
American Gothic House Teacher Guide
Lesson plans regarding the significance of the American Gothic House, Grant Wood, and Regionalism painting.
State Historical Society of Iowa Historic Sites: American Gothic House
History and information on the American Gothic House

Kermit & Miss Piggy in American Gothic

American Gothic Publicly Displayed  

American Gothic, Columbus style by billy liar

Surreal

Short North American Gothic by atalou

Surreal

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Statues

Cedar Rapids embraces American Gothic by icadrews

Mural

American Gothic & Friend by Ken30684

Barn Mural

Agrifuture by Miss Shari

Agrifuture

jillian-chalk*2.jpg by crol373

Chalk Drawing

American Gothic in Chalk by saruhh01

Chalk Drawing

American Gothic by vlastik

Painted on a House!

American Gothic by akoestner

Metal Display

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Painted Ground

American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting 

American Gothic: A Life of American's Most Famous Painting

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Is there anyone who has not seen the sturdy Iowa farmer with his pitchfork and his thin-lipped wife or daughter? Ever since it met the public eye in 1930, the work titled American Gothic has elicited admiration, disgust, reverence, and ridicule-and has been reproduced hundreds of thousands of times, in every medium. Painted by a self-proclaimed "bohemian" who studied in Paris, the image was first seen as a critique of Midwestern Puritanism and what H. L. Mencken called "the booboisie." During the Depression, it came to represent endurance in hard times through the quintessential American values of thrift, work, and faith. Later, in television, advertising, politics, and popular culture, American Gothic evolved into parody-all the while remaining a lodestar by which one might measure closeness to or distance from the American heartland.

More American Gothic Books 

American Gothic: The Biography of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece

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Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace Of American Gothic

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Odd Parodies 

American Gothic by Greything

Toy American Gothic

American Gothic Cupcakes by cakespy

American Gothic Cupcakes

heart skewered/reversed "american gothic" by _cheryl

Hand-drawn Heart Skeward

American Gothic by LeAnn Williams Ely

Balloon American Gothic

Parodies of American Gothic by ElectraSteph

Barbie & Ken

American Gothic parody (grade5) by kabock

odd

A not very gothic riff... by Bisse

Carved Bears

american gothic weiners by a real tomato

Weiners!

american pets/ pets gothic by bloohimwhom

American Pets

halloween store by House Of Sims

Dead American Gothic

American Jedi by Mild Mannered Photographer

American Jedi

American Gothic Parody Novelty Gifts 

American Indian Gothic 

By: David P. Bradley

Indian Gothic by David P. BradleyIn 1983, David P. Bradley painted this version of American Gothic...American Indian Gothic.
View More of David P. Bradley's work:
Abiquiu Afternoon
Indian County Today
Ishi - The Last Wild Indian
Pueblo Feast Day
The Shores of Gitchi Gami Revisited
Little Big Horn
Buffalo Dance Feast Day, The Storyteller, Fritz Scholder Near Galistea

More American Gothic Parodies 

American Gothic Contest Submissions - FARK.com
Many user submitted American Gothic Parodies
Computer Generated Graphics American Gothic
Unclebenny blog: Goth
Bors Blog: New Illustrations
Abortion Issue American Gothic
Iranian Gothic
(Also from Bors Blog)
Mickey & Minnie Mouse American Gothic
Disney Cartoon

The People 

The house in the background belonged to Gideon and Mary Hart Jones, but that is not them you see in the painting. Grant Wood instead decided to paint, in his words, "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house." And he didn't have to go far to find just the right people. The woman in the picture is Grant's sister Nan Wood-Graham (1900-1990), and the man is Dr. Byron McKeeby (1867-1950), Grant's dentist.

His sister, Nan, felt embarrassed that she was depicted as the wife of someone old enough to be her father, and so she began telling people that the painting was that of a man and his daughter.

Seen here is a photo of Nan Wood-Graham and Dr. Byron McKeeby later standing alongside the painting they are depicted in.

An American Gothic Lensmaster! 

Lensmaster leemlz uses an American Gothic Parody as an avatar!

Spongebob - American Gothic 

Spongebob - American Gothic Poster Print, 23x34

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Ties for Art Lovers 

X-Files Spoof 

American Gothic X-Files Spoof - Mad MagazineIn October 1998, the cover of MAD Magazine featured an American Gothic parody with Scully and Mulder standing before an Area-51 type of lab, with UFOs in the sky.
Mad Magazine's X-Files Spoof
In October 1998, Mad Magazine featured an X-Files spoof of American Gothic on its cover. The artwork was done by Roberto Parada.
Mad Magazine
MAD is America's foremost magazine of biting social parody, political humor and world class stupidity.

American Gothic Reinactments 

When posing for a photo, it is often tempting to stand in parody of this famous painting, and thousands of us have succumbed to that temptation. Take a look at these folks who just couldn't resist.

Day 263: Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside. by 365bunnies

Rendition by morgan childers

Kent Gothic by Greything

American Gothic by subtle_devices

polapost: Shmiles and Shmarielle by abductos

american gothic, revisited, from a different angle by _micaela

American Gothic by ellentk

Heidi & Pidgeon - American Gothic by Chris Blakeley

American Gothic by betty rocker

American Gothic by E. Bartholomew

American Gothic by Rob!

American Gothic Shovelers by Evil Erin

Out Magazine 

Out Magazine used two men on their cover posed to imitate American Gothic, both of which were holding the pitchfork.

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American Gothic...The Movie 

American Gothic

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A group of yuppies charter a plane for a camping getaway, only to find themselves making an emergency landing on an isolated island. They are taken in for the night by the only inhabitants, the rapidly-religious "Ma & Pa", who seem trapped in a Rockwellian time-warp. This proves to be every bit as unpleasant as it seems.

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DarylRobidoux

Wonderful lens kab!

ReplyPosted May 30, 2009

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ausphoto wrote

here's an Australian take on the same image...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/3472996186/

Reply Posted April 26, 2009

SammySpam wrote...

Wow there are just so many spoofs! I love the simpson and spongebob one!

ReplyPosted April 25, 2009

dagsmith wrote...

Awesome lens - tribute to a masterpiece and fun at the same time!

ReplyPosted April 11, 2009

Marijoyce wrote...

I looovvveee this lens. American Gothic has always been one of my favorite works of art, and this lens is definitely entertaining and well done.

ReplyPosted February 26, 2009

eclecticeducation wrote...

lol!!! Thanks for the laugh! Great lens. 5*

ReplyPosted February 25, 2009

chefkeem wrote...

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ReplyPosted February 21, 2009

mbgphoto wrote...

Fun lens. Thanks for a good read:)

ReplyPosted February 20, 2009

Susan52 wrote...

Wow, these are great! I had never given the house in the background a second look. Very informative and fun lens!

ReplyPosted January 04, 2009

bdkz wrote...

Wonderful lens kab!

ReplyPosted January 03, 2009

Squidster wrote...

Wow, this must be the most comprehensive collection of American Gothic spoofs known in the western world. Great fun!

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

ThomasC wrote...

I had to do a spoof on the American Gothic painting for an art class in college! This lens is very well done! Great job! Angel Blessed and starred plus a fav!
ThomasC

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

leemlz wrote...

That picture was taken on a bad hair day. Hilarious! What a great concept for a lens!

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