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Norman RockwellContemporary American Illustrator
Mrs. Fox
“Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showingthe America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed.”—Norman Rockwell
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IllustrationA visualization or a depiction made by an artist, such as a drawing, sketch, painting, photograph, or other kind of image of things seen, remembered or imagined
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Biography• Born Norman Percevel
Rockwell• 1894 – 1978• Left high school at age
14 to attend art school – began his career at 17
• Most famous illustrator of the 20th century
• Created 321 covers for The Saturday Evening Post
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Figurative DrawingAn exercise in drawing the human body in its various shapes and positions. "Life drawing" is the process of drawing the human figure from observation of a live model.
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First Major Breakthrough• In 1912 at age of 17• Children’s book illustration: Tell Me Why: Stories
About Mother Nature
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Art Director• a person who directs or supervises the
work of other artists
• Rockwell’s first published magazine cover for Boy’s Life, September 1913 (age 18) got him the job as Art Director
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The Saturday Evening Post
• First Cover: May 1916 at age 22 – Mother’s Day Off (an illustrators’ dream)
• Last Cover: December 14, 1963 – In Memoriam (tribute to John F. Kennedy)
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Rockwell’s Aesthetic Objectives:
– Basic Human Interaction– Portrayal of Everyday
American life
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The Problem We All Live With,Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, Realism
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Breaking Home Ties, Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, Realism
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Going and Coming, Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, Realism
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The Discovery, Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, Realism