| Timeline |
| 1891 |
Born 13 February in on a farm in Iowa |
| 1901 |
Father dies, family moves to Cedar Rapids |
| 1911 |
Wood enlists in the Army camouflage division |
| 1913 |
Studies at the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1915 |
Returns to Cedar Rapids and teaches art a junior high school for 6 years |
| 1919 |
Studies at the Minneapolis School of Design and Handicraft under Ernest Batchelder |
| 1920 |
Travels to Europe |
| 1921 |
Teaches at the high school in Cedar Rapids |
| 1923 |
Studies at the Academie Julien in Paris |
| 1933 |
Founds a summer art colony in Stone City, Iowa |
| 1934 |
Appointed assistant professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa |
| 1934 |
Appointed director of WPA art projects in Iowa |
| 1935 |
Marries Sara Maxon, a former opera star |
| 1939 |
Divorces Sara |
| 1942 |
Dies 12 February of cancer |
