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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 first Boy Scout calendar painting, A Good Scout, 1918 by Norman Rockwell. Between 1925 and 1990, Brown & Bigelow released for sale a yearly calendar for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) featuring a painting by illustrators Norman Rockwell (from 1925 to 1976) and Joseph Csatari (from 1977 to 1990). Rockwell missed only two years: 1928 and ...
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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]
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.
For more than 50 years, the artist Norman Rockwell helped shape the reputation of the Boy Scouts, with paintings illustrating scout vows such as being trustworthy, loyal, kind, clean and brave.
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.