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Norman Rockwell1894-1978
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Most popular and beloved American artist
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Born February 3, 1894 in New York City
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When Rockwell was born
• There were no airplanes, cars, and women could not vote
• He lived through 2 world wars, the Great Depression, the Baby Boom, the Civil Rights Movement, and more than 12 presidents!
• His first cover of the Saturday Evening Post earned him 75 cents. 4 years ago one of his paintings sold for over $15 million!
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As teenager he delivered mail by bike for 25 cents per day!
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Norman left high school after 2 years to attend art school…
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At age 22, he illustrated his first
cover for the Saturday Evening
Post
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For the next 47 years, Rockwell’s covers were more famous than the magazine itself!
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Norman thought of himself as a storyteller
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He told his stories by organizing many details into one picture
This painting is called “Surprise”…why ?
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Rockwell showed the common man in his everyday world…
DoctorBanker
GrocerFireman
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Interesting facts
• Rockwell’s favorite color was red, followed by yellowyellow and green.
• He painted for the Saturday Evening Post for 47 years.
• His middle name was Perceval.• His style of painting was called Realism. • Rockwell looked for real objects and models for his
paintings. Friends, neighbors, dogs from the pound, clothes that were actually worn. Once he traded a farmer in a field his own pants plus $4 for the farmers dirty overalls!
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““Triple Self-Portrait”Triple Self-Portrait”
“Without thinking too much about specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed.”
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“I think I always wanted to be an artist…
I certainly can’t remember ever wanting
to be anything else.”
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