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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1983

Page

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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone Gallery Opens in Cedar Rapids Museum

A new Grant Wood and Marvin Cone exhibition gallery was unveiled at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art honoring Mrs. Winnifred Cone and the late Marvin Cone. The space features about 135 works, joint Cedar Rapids artists, and a 25,000 Hall Foundation grant plus over 40,000 in local pledges and a National Endowment grant. The gallery opens with works by both artists, plus memorabilia from Grant Wood's No. 5 Turner Alley studio.

Winnifred Cone Marvin Grant Wood Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Third Street SE Marvin Cone Czestochowski Ben Huston Cone Huston Museum of Art Hall Foundation Marvin D. Cone Art Association Coe College The John B. Turner II Cedar Rapidians Turner Bob Crosby Iowa Otis Tuttle Lafayette Montrose Ville d’Avray Linn County Turner Alley Wood National Endowment For the Arts

Contemporaries Remember Grant Wood in School Murals

A former Wilson Junior High student recalls meeting Grant Wood and describes the artist’s Iowa murals at Montrose Hotel and in the Cedar Rapids areas. The painting Young Corn inspired pride, faced damage, and ended up on long term loan to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art after district inventory actions.

Ee-Lance Wire Grant Wood Wilson Junior High Montrose Fruits of Iowa Chicago Cedar Rapids Wilson Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

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