Norman rockwell paintings

The composition of Norman Rockwell’s “The Young Lady With the Shiner” is as sturdy and symmetrical as a good piece of carpentry, but detail after detail tickles you under the chin.

David Apatoff takes a closer look at the details that make Norman Rockwell a true artist. He starts with Rockwell’s use of hands.

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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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…

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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…

Norman Perceval Rockwell, The Saturday Evening Post’s most famous illustrator, is considered by many to be one of America’s greatest artists. He was a master storyteller via canvas and paint, and his works, capturing the triumphs and foibles of the common man, are as popular today as they were in decades past. Biography Cover Gallery (members only) More Rockwell

Dreamboats, 1938 by Norman Rockwell - Buy Dreamboats, 1938 Paper Art Print - Norman Rockwell Museum - Custom Prints and Framing