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Scout at Ship's Wheel, 1913. Norman Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894, in New York City, to Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Anne Mary "Nancy" (née Hill) Rockwell [13] [14] [15] His father was a Presbyterian and his mother was an Episcopalian; [16] two years after their engagement, he converted to the Episcopal faith. [17]
The Problem We All Live With is a 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell that is considered an iconic image of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. [2] It depicts Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old African-American girl, on her way to William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white public school, on November 14, 1960, during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis.
The Dugout (Bottom of the Ninth) is a 1948 painting by American artist Norman Rockwell, painted for the September 4, 1948, cover of The Saturday Evening Post magazine. The painting depicts the Chicago Cubs bench dejected during a game against the Boston Braves at Braves Field.
The list of six million Post subscribers was sold to Life for cash, a $2.5 million loan, and a contract with Curtis' circulation and printing services subsidiaries. Despite these attempts to revive the Saturday Evening Post , and failing to find a purchaser for the magazine, Curtis Publishing shut it down in 1969. [ 13 ]
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From 1928 to 1935, The Coca-Cola Company commissioned Norman Rockwell to create six oil paintings that were developed into a variety of finished marketing pieces.
Saying Grace sold for $46 million (including a buyer's premium) at Sotheby's in December 2013, setting a new record price for Rockwell's art. Rockwell's previous record had been set in 2006 by the $15 million sale of Breaking Home Ties. [3] Saying Grace had been expected to sell for between $15 million and $20 million. [3]
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream is a 1972 short documentary film about artist Norman Rockwell [ 3 ] produced by Richard Barclay and directed by Robert Deubel. The film won an Oscar at the 45th Academy Awards , held in 1973, for Best Short Subject . [ 4 ]