Norman Rockwell

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Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell is a well known illustrator and artist. He proved to be very diverse and apt to drawing what he saw in the world. He would quote “I paint life as I would like it to be. If there were problems in this lifetime they were humorous problems.” This would go to show how Rockwell was funny and creative with every drawing. Rockwell was well known for his drawings in the Saturday Evening Post, which was a major magazine in the 1920’s. He was very successful when he was young and proved to be very successful as he got older. He lived a full and complete life full of drawings and major illustrations. Throughout this paper we will describe some of his artwork, tell you about his life, family, and major accomplishments he was able to receive and achieve in his lifetime.
Norman Rockwell was bon on February 3, 1894 in New York City. His family resided in New York until Norman was nine then the family moved to Mamaroneck. Norman began taking weekly leave from high school while he was a freshman to attend the Chase School of Art on a part-time basis. He would leave high school for good as a sophomore to study art at the National Academy of Design. It wasn’t until 1911 that Rockwell would get his first assignment to illustrate a children’s book. In 1913 he was named art editor for Boy’s Life at just 19 years old. On May 20, 1916, he illustrated his first Saturday Evening Post cover which would be his big break into the business. By 1920 Rockwell was the Post’s top cover illustrator and by 1925 he had become a national name. By the time Rockwell was twenty-one he illustrated for such magazines as Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman. Rockwell first marriage ended in 1930 and a year later he was remarried to Mary Barstow. They had three sons together, Jarvis, Thomas, and Peter. After Mary’s death in 1959, Rockwell remarried for a third time in 1961. He would remain married ...