Norman Rockwell

Radiant Happiness is something you decide to do. It is radiating happiness in our external demeanor. How many things in …Continue reading →

Marble Champion, The Saturday Evening Post, September 2, 1939, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 in. americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/tellingstories/

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The Gossips is the culmination of Rockwell’s fascination with the subject of gossip - while he had painted works exploring this theme in the past, it was not until his immersion in the Arlington community that the final composition came to fruition. In the present work, Rockwell depicts 15 figures, each portrayed twice, as part of a chain receiving and passing on a tidbit of gossip. The attention he pays to naturalistic detail in these expressive portraits is exceptional, and the artist…

Early depictions of 1920s-era flappers, toasting life with ice-cold Coca-Cola, were used on calendars and serving trays, 1924. Images courtesy of Coca-Cola “Out Fishin’,” the first of s…

“Studio Inspiration: Norman Rockwell Double Portraits charcoal on paper 1967 #timelessgoalzzzz”

(Part IV) Travel Experience – Little Girl Observing Lovers At The Optometrist – Eye Doctor Graduation Dugout Homecoming Marine Doctor And Doll The Party Favour – Party Games Forwa…

"...The era before mass media, color photography, and even television, Norman Rockwell’s visions of play, work and war gave an entire generation of people a picture of simple American lifestyle, images that shaped and inspired all those who saw them..."

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Norman Rockwell illustrations may be as American as apple pie, but it turns out they’re also as New Brunswick as orange pekoe tea. The famous Saturday Evening Post cover artist created a series of paintings for the formerly Saint John-based Red Rose company.