Everybody loved his art, which included warm and funny scenes of everyday, small-town life. Some of his work related to the second world war.
Biography
Norman Rockwell as born in New York City in 1894. Norman Rockwell was a very unique artist. His early work included magazine covers for "Boys Life" and "Saturday Evening Post." He started this in high school where he took art classes. When he got older, he started to paint.
Norman Rockwell had a very large family. Everyone around him loved his
little sketches when he was a kid. He enrolled in art classes at The New York School of Art (Formerly the
Chase School of Art). Two years later, in 1910, he left high school to
study art at The National Academy of Design. He soon transferred to The
Art Students League, where he studied with Thomas Fogarty and George
Bridgman. Fogarty’s instruction in illustration prepared Rockwell for
his first commercial commissions. From Bridgman, Rockwell learned
technical skills.
By 1916 Rockwell had created his first of many SATURDAY EVENING POST
covers. He would continue to create covers for them for nearly fifty
years. He made 317 in all.
Style
Norman painted with oil paint, watercolor and sketched every once in a
while. Everybody loved his art, which included warm and funny scenes of
everyday, small-town life. Some of his work related to the second world
war. He inspired lots of other artists.
He smoked a pipe and would always draw himself with one. He could never
find a model for his sketches.
Works
Early Career
- Scout at Ship's Wheel (1913)
- Santa and Scouts in Snow (1913)
- Boy and Baby Carriage (1916)
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- The Four Freedoms (1943)
- Freedom of Speech (1943)
- Freedom to Worship (1943)
- Freedom from Want (1943)
- Freedom from Fear (1943)
- Rosie the Riveter (1943)
- Going and Coming (1947)
Late Career
* New Kids in the Neighborhood (1967)
- Russian Schoolroom (1967)
- The Rookie
- Spirit of 76 (1976)
External Links
Norman Rockwell MuseumNorman Rockwell at antiquetalk.comNorman Rockwell at findagrave.com