Norman Rockwell: The 20th-Century

Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell is a famous painter and illustrator from the 20th-century. Rockwell’s work is famous for working in Realism even though Modernism art was more prominent at the beginning of his career. Rockwell was a complex man who desperately wanted to be seen as more of a painter and not just an illustrator. His renditions of American culture brought him wealth, fame and adoration from the American people. Out of more than 700 paintings, his best known works are those published on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell created for this magazine for a little over five decades, which some of his most famous pieces of illustrations came from that magazine. Some of those cover illustrations are: Willie Gillis, Saying Grace, and my favorite the Four Freedoms. Equally important are the things that influenced Rockwell’s style of artistic expressions as a young child that led to such amazing pieces (“Norman Rockwell” 1).
On February 3, 1894 Jarvis and Nancy Rockwell had their first son who they named Norman Rockwell. Norman was a typical boy who sang in the church choir on Sundays, enjoyed drawing, and the …show more content…
Some of his paintings incite a longing among Americans of a particular time and place that now seems to be eroding. Society greatly admires Rockwell and his images have been burnt into their minds. Hollywood directors such as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have also been greatly influenced by his art, so much so that they are devoted collectors. Spielberg has often said “Rockwell painted the American dream--better than anyone” (About Norman Rockwell 1). With this in mind, Rockwell’s influence covered what some considered to be the greatest generation of modern times and receiving notoriety and honors for his work (Dempsey