technical ability in oil painting was pretty stunning and he was there to paint the big and little subjects of the day in the US, and
his day stretched from the First World War through to the Civil Rights era.
His paintings are perhaps technically conservative, his themes overly patriotic and sentimental viewed from today, The book is light on analysis but as a retrospective, it offers a great representative selection of his works and insights into how he painted and developed as an artist.
Good stuff. For seven decades Norman Rockwell captured the essence of the American spirit, creating art for magazines more thanSaturday Evening Post covers, children's books, calendars, and advertisements, heartwarming and poignant images that touch us still.
Norman Rockwell traces the evolution of the artist and his craft through his paintings, sketches, and photographs of him at home, And, of course, there is the artwork itself the diverse array of fullcolor reproductions here represent Americans at work, at play, at home, and fighting for the Four Freedoms during World War II.
Norman Percevel Rockwell was ath century American painter and illustrator, His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over than four decades.
Among the best known of Rockwells works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series.
Norman Percevel Rockwell was ath century American painter and illustrator, His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over than four decades.
Among the best known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series.
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