Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 –

November 8, 1978) An American painter and

illustrator during the 20th-century, Rockwell’s

artworks were enjoyed because of his reflection

on American culture. He is most known for the

cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he

created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine

for over 4 decades.

In 1943, Rockwell created a series consisting of 4

paintings based on the Four Freedoms. Franklin

Delano Roosevelt had introduced this concept in

one of his speeches. One of the paintings,

Freedom from Want, has come to portray the old

American traditional Thanksgiving. It is usually

referred to as the Norman Rockwell

Thanksgiving. Over time, there have been many

spoofs and variations on this image; I present

some of them.