Round 1: Tossup 16

This artist depicted teepee-shaped trees covered in snow in a work held by the Cleveland Museum of Art. This artist showed various figures looming over him at work in his self-portrait Return from Bohemia. A black car is shown about to hit a red truck in this artist’s Death on the Ridge Road. A satirical work by this artist depicts three “Tory Gals” in front of an (*) Emanuel Leutze (“LOYT-zuh”) painting. Ella Watson was photographed in front of an American flag by Gordon Parks to parody a work by this artist, in which his dentist, (10[1])Byron McKeeby, stands in front of the Dibble House holding a pitchfork. For 10 points, name this artist (-5[1])of American Gothic. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Grant Wood
<Fine Arts - Visual, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 01
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%17%50%83.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%0%67%107.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%67%100.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%0%25%88.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%20%0%84.80
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24367%0%33%104.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24450%0%25%100.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-304100%0%50%112.25
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%20%40%73.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%38%13%67.25