Rockwell`s Illustrations
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Rockwell`s Illustrations
In America, artists’ works are not only shown in museums, they are often
displayed on magazine covers. Norman Rockwell produced cover paintings for the
Saturday Evening Post, a major magazine of the 1910’s and for many decades
later. In the process he became a nationally renowned artist. His precise detail
brought him great popularity. “He created a moral myth in which people were
reassured of their own essential goodness,” art critic Arthur C Danto told
Allison Adato of Life magazine. ”And that is a very powerful thing.” Film
director Steven Spielberg remarked to Adato, “Growing up, we always subscribed
to the Post. He saw an America of such pride and self-worth. My vision is very
similar to his, for the most part because of him.” When people use the
expression “as American as apple pie” they could just as well say as
American as a Norman Rockwell painting. Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894,
in New York City. His father worked for the textile firm, starting as office boy
and eventually moving up to manager of the New York Office. His parents were
very religious and the young Rockwell was a choir boy. Until he was about ten
years old the family spent its summers in the country, staying at farms.
Rockwell recalled in his autobiography My Adventures as an Illustrator. “ I
have no bad memories of my summers in the country,” and noted that his
recollections” all together formed an image of sheer blissfulness.” He
believed that these summers “had a lot to do with what I painted later on.”
Rockwell enjoyed drawing at an early age and soon decided he wanted to be an
artist. During his freshman year in high school, he also attended the Chase
School on Saturdays to study art. Later that year he attended Chase twice a
week. Halfway through his sophomore year, he quit high school and went full time
to art school. Rockwell enrolled first in the National Academy School and then
attended the Art Students League. Because he was so dedicated and solemn when
working at his art, he related in his autobiography, he was nicknamed “The
Deacon” by the other students. In his first class with a live model, the
location of his easel was not the best. The nude young woman was lying on her
side and all Rockwell could see was her feet and her rear end. So that is what
he drew. Rockwell noted that, as Donald Walton wrote in his book A Rockwell
Portrait, ”He started his career in figure drawing form the bottom up.” At
the Art Students League, Rockwell had ...
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