* Norman Rockwell (or "Monney)" was born February 3, 1894 in Manhattan, New York. He died November 8, 1978 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
*He was married 3 times and had 3 children.
*Norman dropped out of highschool to go to the National Academy of Design; but later transferred to The Art Students League.
*At the age of 17, he illustrated a series of children's books called Tell Me Why Stories.
*At the age of 22, he sold his first cover for the Saturday Evening Post. He did 321 covers for the Post. The covers that he drew or painted were of everyday people doing everyday things.
*Later on, he moved to Look magazine and painted pictures that showed civil rights and other tough subjects.
* Norman is most remembered for his work at The Saturday Evening Post, but he would have like to have been remembered for the serious work he did on Look.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a very popular American artist!
I'm sad that Google didn't put one of their famous custom Google logos up for his birthday. Oh well, I will settle for the excellent write-up in this blog :)
ReplyDeleteHey Malcolm--One of my favourite Rockwell images is that of little Ruby Bridges braving the angry, white racist mobs as she made her way to her newly-integrated school accompanied by federal marshalls. That image has been used in many ways to express different things about the civil rights struggle in the U.S. There's also been a movie and a book about her. I think to a lot of people, she symbolized the injustice and cruelty of racism, and Rockwell captured that in his art. Maybe you've come across that picture in your studies. I really enjoy your blog, thanks for sharing your work with us!-- cousin Jenn.
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