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Norman's StoriesAmerican Chronicles:
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The Four Freedoms are often quickly associated with American legendary artist Norman Rockwell. Saturday Night Post, illustrations, good humor all come to mind when thinking of his legacy. The opportunity to view some of his works should not be overlooked. |
Florida's Orlando Museum of Art is about to showcase a selection of some of Rockwell's best loved original canvases in an exhibition titled, American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
Title: The Art Critic, 1955
Artist: Norman Rockwell (American 1894-1978)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 39 ½ x 36 ¼”
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, April 16, 1955
From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum
©1955 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
Image Courtesy: The Orlando Museum of Art
A native of New York City, like many other talented artists, Norman Rockwell knew from a young age this was his destiny. He took art classes at The New York School of Art (formerly The Chase School of Art) when he was just fourteen years old
Later he would transfer to the Art Students League and study with Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman. Before his twentieth birthday he was hired as the Art Director for Boy's Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America. His illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post are well known.
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His first cover for The Saturday Evening Post came when he was just twenty-two it was completed in 1916 and was entitled Boy and Baby Carriage (also called Salutation) for the May 20, 1916 edition. |
The last cover Rockwell did for The Saturday Evening Post was run after his death. It was a repeat of Triple Self-Portrait and was republished in February 1979 in tribute to the legendary American artist
American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
The Orlando Museum of Art:
March 1 – May 28, 2008