The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a 1931 painting by the American artist Grant Wood.
It depicts the American patriot Paul Revere during his midnight ride on April 18, 1775.
The perspective is from a high altitude as Revere rides through a brightly lit Lexington, Massachusetts.
It was inspired by the 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
[2] The painting is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but is not on view as of December 2024.