Norman Rockwell
American painter and illustrator known for his Saturday Evening Post covers and depictions of American life.
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The painter and illustrator Norman Percevel Rockwell entered the world on February 3, 1894, in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.[1][2] Throughout his career, Rockwell created over 4,000 original pieces.[3]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Norman Percevel Rockwell
- Born
- 3 February 1894
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Died
- 8 November 1978
- Place of death
- Stockbridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Field
- Painting, Illustration
- Training
- Chase Art School
- National Academy of Design
- Art Students League
- Children
- Jarvis
- Peter
- and Thomas
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
During World War II, Rockwell painted the Four Freedoms series, inspired by a speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt.[4] Rockwell's last painting for the Post was published in 1963, and he spent the next 10 years painting for Look magazine.[5] At age 14, Rockwell left high school to attend the Chase Art School; he subsequently studied at both the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League.[6] At his home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockwell passed away on November 8, 1978, at age 84 due to emphysema.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Saturday Evening Post biography notes that Rockwell's first major commission came in 1912 at age 18 with his first book illustration.[8] The same source reports that Rockwell's family moved to New Rochelle, New York, at age 21, where he set up a studio with Clyde Forsythe.[9] The Norman Rockwell Museum also notes that the 1930s and 1940s are generally considered the most fruitful decades of Rockwell's career.[9] The CollectingOldMagazines.com site states that the first major publication to bear a Rockwell illustration on its front cover was the September 1913 issue of Boy's Life.[10]
According to a 2008 article by Windolf, Rockwell's painting Breaking Home Ties fetched $15.4 million when it was auctioned at Sotheby's in 2006.[11]
References
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "About Norman Rockwell", Norman Rockwell Museum, 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Harlem Legend Norman Rockwell, An American Master, 1894 – 1978," Harlem World, November 23, 2020.; Boughton, "Genealogy of the families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1939", WF Jones, 1903, p. 441; Roberts, "Notable Kin: An Anthology of Columns First Published in the NEHGS Nexus, 1986–1995", Carl Boyer in cooperation with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1998, p. 28; Claridge 2001, p. 261; Claridge 2001, p. 261; Claridge 2001, p. 261 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Collecting Norman Rockwell in magazines with a focus on Norman Rockwell ads.", CollectingOldMagazines.com; Claridge 2001, p. 261 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Terms of Use", Collections; Claridge 2001, p. 261 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Norman Rockwell Biography", The Saturday Evening Post (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Claridge 2001, p. 261; Claridge 2001, p. 261; Claridge 2001, p. 261 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Norman Rockwell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Norman Rockwell: A Brief Biography", Norman Rockwell Museum (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Norman Rockwell Biography", The Saturday Evening Post. facts only, no text reused. saturdayeveningpost.com
- "About Norman Rockwell", Norman Rockwell Museum, 2014. facts only, no text reused. nrm.org
- "Collecting Norman Rockwell in magazines with a focus on Norman Rockwell ads.", CollectingOldMagazines.com. facts only, no text reused. collectingoldmagazines.com
- Windolf, "Keys to the Kingdom", February 2008. facts only, no text reused. vanityfair.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Norman Rockwell (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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