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Tough Call – also known as Game Called Because of Rain, Bottom of the Sixth, or The Three Umpires – is a 1948 painting by American artist Norman Rockwell, painted for the April 23, 1949, cover of The Saturday Evening Post magazine. [1]
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 painting, an original study for the work called "Tough Call," shows three umpires pondering whether to halt a game as raindrops begin to fall. 'Print' on Texas family wall is original Rockwell ...
He was notably the basis for the home plate umpire in Norman Rockwell's famous painting Bottom of the Sixth, flanked by umpires Larry Goetz and Lou Jorda. Reardon is largely identifiable because, despite the depicted game being in the National League, the umpire is using the outside chest protector.
Nestled the rolling hills of rural Massachusetts. swathed by manicured grounds, sits the Norman Rockwell Museum. And there, side-by-side with the wholesome works of America's most beloved ...
Goetz was also home plate umpire for Vern Bickford's no-hitter on August 11, 1950. [2] He was one of the umpires in Norman Rockwell's famous painting Bottom of the Sixth, along with Beans Reardon and Lou Jorda. [3] He was known for being a strict disciplinarian and not taking arguments from players, and as a result he earned their respect. [4]
Robert Fawcett illustrated this cover for Famous Artists Magazine (Spring 1959).. Famous Artists School is an art correspondence course institution, in operation since 1948. The school was founded by members of the New York Society of Illustrators, principally Albert Dorne and Norman Rockwell.
Rockwell focuses on just a small part of the Statue of Liberty – the torch, a 42 feet (13 m) long arm, and part of the head of the colossal statue, silhouetted against a clear summer blue sky. Five workmen are attached to the statue by ropes, including one who is a caricature of Rockwell himself, and one African-American in a red shirt.