Artist: Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978)
Nationality: American
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Media: Illustration, Painting
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Biography:
Norman Rockwell first studied at several art schools in New York before becoming a full-time illustration at the age of 18. His first major success came in 1916, when one of his works was chosen as the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell was known for creating scenes of everyday American life in a nostalgic and sentimental fashion.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Norman Rockwell - The New Television Set 1949 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Norman Rockwell - Rebel at Gunpoint 1937 oil on board Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma American
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Norman Rockwell - Shuffleton's Barbershop c. 1950 oil on canvas The Berkshire Museum American
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Norman Rockwell - Soda Jerk 1953 oil on canvas Columbus Museum of Art American
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Norman Rockwell USA, 1956 Photograph,
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Rockwell Kent, The End, 1927
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Rockwell Kent, Almost, 1929
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Rockwell Kent, And How Where?, 1936
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Rockwell Kent, Revisitation, 1928
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Rockwell Kent, Foreboding, 1926
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Rockwell Kent, Convalescent, 1920
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Rockwell Kent, Twilight of Man, 1926
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Rockwell Kent, Pasture Gate, 1928
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Rockwell Kent, And Women Must Weep, 1937
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Rockwell Kent, Portrait of T. M. Cleland, 1929
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Rockwell Kent, Self-Portrait, 19th - 20th century
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Rockwell Kent, Revisitation, 19th - 20th century
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Rockwell Kent, Workers of the World Unite, 1937
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Alfred Stieglitz, New York
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Rockwell Kent, Self-Portrait, Reading in Winter, 1930 - 1935
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Rockwell Kent, Greenland Mother Nursing a Child, 1934
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Rockwell Kent, Mountain Climber, 19th - 20th century
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Rockwell Kent, Workers of the World, Unite, 19th - 20th century
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Rockwell Kent, The Canterbury Tales (New York: Covici-Friede, 1930), vol. 2, 1930
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Rockwell Kent, The Canterbury Tales (New York: Covici-Friede, 1930), vol. 1, 1930
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Rockwell Kent, Figure of nude man with halo, running among stars, 19th - 20th century
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Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, New York
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Jean-Francois Millet - A Norman Milkmaid at Greville 1871 oil on cardboard Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Norman Lindsay, From the Moon, 1920
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Norman Lindsay, Release, 1925
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Norman Lindsay, The Windmill, 1924
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Norman Lindsay, The Mantilla, 1925
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Norman Lindsay, The Eighties, 1926
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Norman Lindsay, Charles, 1926
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Norman Lindsay, Delight, 1924
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Irving Norman, From Work, 1979
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Rockwell Kent, The Vision, design for the illustration on page 202 of the book Wilderness (published 1920), 1919
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Norman Lindsay, Two Lovers, 1924
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Norman Lindsay, Beethoven, 1921
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Norman Lindsay, Moonlights Piper, 1925

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (16)
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Phoenix Art Museum: Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People
Rockwell's unique talent was to capture the commonplace and make it extraordinary for Americans, said James Ballinger, director of Phoenix Art Museum. As one of the most popular artists in American history, this exhibition demonstrates why Roc...
Corcoran Gallery of Art: Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People spans more than 60 years of the artist’s career and offers an in-depth look at the artwork of a man who helped forge a sense of American iden...
Portland Museum of Art: Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern
One of the great painters of his day, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) made innovations that reverberated through American culture in the first half of the 20th century. He rose to prominence between the world wars as a painter of extraordinary power who...
Dayton Art Institute: Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rockwell Kents Snow Fields (1909), the earliest work in the exhibition, portrays women, children and dogs playing on a sunny winter day and captures the new spirit of the time. Likewise, paintings by William Glackens, Agnes Tait and Paul Cad...
Frye Art Museum: Scenes of American Life
Scenes of American Life is one of eight exhibitions in Treasures to Go, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, touring the nation through 2002, while the museum is undergoing a major renovation. The Frye is one of the fortunate sites select...
Diane Farris Gallery: Darlene Nguyen-Ely: Evolution of Form
The artists lives in Monroe, Washington in a lush area that is surrounded by nature. She admits that she is influenced by the animal and plant life she encounters on a daily basis. These works, resembling cell-like structures, double helix...
Memphis Brooks Museum: In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It is an honor for the Brooks to be selected as a venue for this important and moving Smithsonian exhibition," said Kaywin Feldman, Director of the Brooks. "We hope that no child in our community will miss this unique opportunity to experience Ki...
Virginia Historical Society: The Virginia Landscape
More than 240 landscape paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, dating from the colonial period to the present, reveal much about Virginia's natural history and the attitudes of its citizens. Initially, the commonwealth was best know...
Corcoran Gallery of Art: Picturing the Banjo
"For more than two centuries, the banjo has played an integral role in American history and culture and has inspired an eclectic array of artists," said Sarah Cash, the Corcoran's Bechhoefer Curator of American Art. "A highlight of the Corcoran...
Artrain USA: Artistry of Space: The NASA Art Program
Artistry of Space is a collection of 78 paintings, prints, drawings and multimedia works from the NASA Art Collection that reflects the energy and excitement of space exploration. From the excitement of the initial effort to put a man on th...
National Museum of Women in the Arts: Meticulous, Poetic Wood Engravings by American Printmaker Grace Albee
A native of Rhode Island, Albee and her family joined other expatriate Americans living in Paris between the World Wars. There she befriended fellow a...
Milwaukee Art Museum: Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World
The exhibition is an appealing blend of the nostalgic, the familiar and the futuristic and provides a compelling retrospective of the evolution of American popular and material culture from the 1930s to the 70s. The exhibition presents four time ...
San Diego Museum of Art: Grandma Moses in the 21st Century
Grandma Moses is one the great icons among 20th century folk artists, and it is with great pleasure that the San Diego Museum of Art now makes her lively paintings available and accessible to our community, says the Museum’s executive director, Do...
MASS MoCA: Robert Wilson's Monumental 14 Stations Presented at MASS MoCA - Premier American Venue for Milestone Work
Invited by the organizers of the Passion Play to create a large outdoor installation in conjunction with the play's 40th consecutive presentation - the event has been staged in Oberammergau every decade since 1634 - Wilson designed a vast Via...
National Museum of American Art: Edward Hopper: The Watercolors
The product of several years' research by Virginia M. Mecklenburg (senior curator at the Museum of American Art) and Margaret Lynne Ausfeld (curator at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Guggenheim Museum: presents Conversations Between Shadows and Light: Italian Cinematography
Organized by guest curator Antonio Monda, Professor, Department of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and Maria-Christina Villaseñor, Associate Curator of Film and Media Arts at the Guggenheim Museum, Conversatio...

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