Norman Rockwell

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Rockwell presents a stirring social commentary in The Common Touch, which was used as the January 18, 1930 cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

America’s Storyteller: Norman Rockwell

Posted: April 02, 2012 07:58 Last Updated: | Bill Rau

No other artist has been able to capture the essence of the American experience like Norman Rockwell. Even in the early stages of his career, the aspect that distinguished his work was that it was about the Everyman, providing a chronicle of the simple joys, awkward moments and trying circumstances that give our lives depth. Rockwell found success at an early age. He completed his first commission for a series of Christmas cards before he was 16. By 17, he illustrated his first children's book, and at 22, he had earned his first Saturday Evening Post cover, published May 20, 1916. His wor...

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978),Tea Time, 1927. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Gertrude Perlberg, 2001.23

Norman Rockwell, Tea Time, 1927, at the Norton Museum of Art

Posted: June 15, 2010 16:31 Last Updated: | Norton Museum of Art

Before a cozy hearth, an elderly couple sits in profile, backlit in warm yellows and oranges by an unseen flame. The woman, nestled in her patterned easy chair at right, smiles down at her cup and saucer, which she holds daintily in her hands while a black and white cat slumbers comfortably on her lap. Opposite her, the man wearing a long coat, cravat and plaid trousers appears to speak cheerfully as he examines his cup through his spectacles, perched squarely on the end of his bulbous nose. He—evidently the owner of the tall silk hat, gloves and umbrella carefully discarded at his feet—...