House Resolution 123 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                BY  ZIRKELBACH and FOEGE
  1  3 A Resolution recognizing the Grant Wood Art Festival.
  1  4    WHEREAS, Grant DeVolson Wood was born on February
  1  5 13, 1891, on his parents' farm four miles east of
  1  6 Anamosa, Iowa, where he spent the first 10 years of
  1  7 his life; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, Grant Wood was an exceptional artist from
  1  9 a very young age; at the age of 14 he took third prize
  1 10 in a national contest for a crayon drawing of oak
  1 11 leaves and said that winning that prize was his
  1 12 inspiration to become an artist; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, from that beginning, Grant Wood blossomed
  1 14 into one of the great artists of the twentieth
  1 15 century; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, taking inspiration from the work of German
  1 17 and Flemish painters, in 1930 Mr. Wood created the
  1 18 painting that defines his art and assured his success,
  1 19 "American Gothic"; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, today we continue to honor this remarkable
  1 21 man, his unique talent, and the artist colony he
  1 22 founded in Stone City, with the annual Grant Wood Art
  1 23 Festival; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, the 36th Annual Grant Wood Art Festival
  1 25 will be held Sunday, June 8, 2008, in Anamosa, Iowa,
  1 26 featuring day=long events and the work of many local
  1 27 and regional artists; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 28    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 29 That the House of Representatives recognizes the
  1 30 upcoming 36th annual Grant Wood Art Festival and urges
  2  1 all Iowans to plan a visit to this celebration as part
  2  2 of their summer vacation plans.
  2  3 LSB 6556HH 82
  2  4 jr/nh/14