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As much as I like this painting, it is way way over-used. If you use it I suggest you donate to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge Mass. www.nrm.org
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of a John Singer Sargent portrait, and a young woman in casual attire sketching a fractured, Cubist work by Pablo Picasso. By expertly mimicking both artists' signature styles, Rockwell highlights the shifting social identities and cultural tastes of the 1960s. #NormanRockwell

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desert dawn as the mail pilot sees it, to the cool blue-green of mountain twilights. ...’
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*The Saturday Evening Post*, April 8, 1929.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell #aviation #aviators #mensfashion #arrowshirts

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American artist Norman Rockwell painted this image in 1918, when he was only in his early twenties and the First World War was still reshaping everyday life. Rather than showing soldiers overseas, he turned to the emotional labor of the home front like waiting, reading, hoping, and fearing. 

On a sandy bluff above a dark blue shoreline, four young white women gather in a mood of waiting rather than leisure. One sits front and center in a rose-and-rust patterned dress, elbows on knees, her chin pressed into both hands, staring out with tired, worried eyes. Beside and behind her, a woman in blue folds inward toward the sea. Another in a mustard-brown dress and broad hat sits in profile. A fourth stands in a pale blue-gray dress with a deep red sash, her arms lifted over her head against a sky crowded with swelling clouds. At their feet lie a small basket and a letter marked by wartime censorship. Far below, tiny figures dot the beach, but their distance only deepens the feeling of separation. The women’s bodies feel suspended between stillness and strain, as if time itself has slowed.

The picture so effective because its drama is quiet. The sea becomes both literal horizon and symbolic barrier, the place where loved ones have vanished from sight. The censored letter matters because it stands for contact that is partial, delayed, and controlled by war. Even good news arrives wounded. Painted in oil on canvas and then published as the cover of Life on August 15, 1918, the painting turns magazine illustration into shared national feeling. Rockwell gives each woman a different posture of anxiety, so the scene is like a study of longing: exhaustion, vigilance, resignation, and stubborn hope. It is sentimental, yes, but not shallow. The artist asks us to remember that war is endured not only in battlefields, but also in the aching intervals between letters, on porches, in parlors, and here, on a bluff above the sea, “till the boys come home.”

American artist Norman Rockwell painted this image in 1918, when he was only in his early twenties and the First World War was still reshaping everyday life. Rather than showing soldiers overseas, he turned to the emotional labor of the home front like waiting, reading, hoping, and fearing. On a sandy bluff above a dark blue shoreline, four young white women gather in a mood of waiting rather than leisure. One sits front and center in a rose-and-rust patterned dress, elbows on knees, her chin pressed into both hands, staring out with tired, worried eyes. Beside and behind her, a woman in blue folds inward toward the sea. Another in a mustard-brown dress and broad hat sits in profile. A fourth stands in a pale blue-gray dress with a deep red sash, her arms lifted over her head against a sky crowded with swelling clouds. At their feet lie a small basket and a letter marked by wartime censorship. Far below, tiny figures dot the beach, but their distance only deepens the feeling of separation. The women’s bodies feel suspended between stillness and strain, as if time itself has slowed. The picture so effective because its drama is quiet. The sea becomes both literal horizon and symbolic barrier, the place where loved ones have vanished from sight. The censored letter matters because it stands for contact that is partial, delayed, and controlled by war. Even good news arrives wounded. Painted in oil on canvas and then published as the cover of Life on August 15, 1918, the painting turns magazine illustration into shared national feeling. Rockwell gives each woman a different posture of anxiety, so the scene is like a study of longing: exhaustion, vigilance, resignation, and stubborn hope. It is sentimental, yes, but not shallow. The artist asks us to remember that war is endured not only in battlefields, but also in the aching intervals between letters, on porches, in parlors, and here, on a bluff above the sea, “till the boys come home.”

“Till The Boys Come Home” by Norman Rockwell (American) - Oil on canvas / 1918 - Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (Lakeland, Florida) #WomenInArt #NormanRockwell #Rockwell #AGBMuseum #AmericanArt #art #artText #WWIArt #AmericanArtist #BlueskyArt #arte #AmericanIllustration #1910sArt #WarArt

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Such an overuse of the #NormanRockwell classic image.
I wish people would stop.

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Such an overuse of the #NormanRockwell classic image. I wish people would stop.

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Copyright © 1948 Saturday Evening Post & Curtis Publishing
‘This April Fools' Day cover is rather more interesting than its predecessors because it has been more carefully thought out and replies, to a certain extent, on more subtle deceptions. Some of the deliberate errors are obvious enough, but others are well disguised and not apparent at first glance.’
http://ayay.co.uk/background/paintings/norman_rockwell/april-fool-girl-and-shopkeeper/

Copyright © 1948 Saturday Evening Post & Curtis Publishing ‘This April Fools' Day cover is rather more interesting than its predecessors because it has been more carefully thought out and replies, to a certain extent, on more subtle deceptions. Some of the deliberate errors are obvious enough, but others are well disguised and not apparent at first glance.’ http://ayay.co.uk/background/paintings/norman_rockwell/april-fool-girl-and-shopkeeper/

#OTD - #AprilFoolsDay - in 1944
‘Curiosity Shop’
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
April Fools’ Day artwork for the cover of *The Saturday Evening Post* for April 3, 1948.
👉ALT
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell

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A young girl with a dancing ad. Pencil sketch.

A young girl with a dancing ad. Pencil sketch.

A master study of Rockwell's "Missing the Dance". Carbon pencil on newsprint. Stay safe and healthy and have a great weekend! #art #sketch #study #pencil #rockwell #normanrockwell #sick #dance #spring #flu #staysafe #covid #painting

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Dreambots
Œuvre de l’artiste 🇺🇸 Norman Rockwell

#Art #NormanRockwell #Rockwell #Evasion

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Plains Trains and Automobiles characters blended with the Rockwell Town Hall meeting image and surrounded by ICE agents

Plains Trains and Automobiles characters blended with the Rockwell Town Hall meeting image and surrounded by ICE agents

Meanwhile, at the Airport:
#ICE #PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles
#JohnCandy #SteveMartin #NormanRockwell

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Not If RFK Jr. has anything to say about it
#rfkjr #normanrockwell #vaccine

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A Scout is Friendly, 1943
by Norman Rockwell

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#OTD in 1919
“Good-Bye, Little French Mother“
Illustration by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Cover of *Life*, March 13, 1919
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell #WW1

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The Campfire Story
by Norman Rockwell

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Norman Rockwell's art is celebrated for its heartwarming and idealized portrayal of American life, primarily through his cover illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post. Click Here evorelic.com/products/vin...

#normanrockwell #illustration #art #collectibles

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Art Institute of Chicago #normanrockwell

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Here's "The Faith of America Illustrated by Norman Rockwell" from 1980. It's a wonderful book on the life and artwork of Norman Rockwell.

#normanrockwell #art #painting #comics #graphicnovels #SequentialArt #creatorsrights #MakeComicsGreatAgain #JesusMatters

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Quelle protection que la lumière électrique, 1925 - Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), illustrateur américain emblématique. Il a peint avec réalisme, humour et tendresse la vie quotidienne américaine, avant d’aborder des thèmes sociaux et civiques.
#illustration
#NormanRockwell

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Rockwell Video Minute: Freedom from Want
Rockwell Video Minute: Freedom from Want YouTube video by The Saturday Evening Post

Today in Pop Culture History:
Mar 6, 1943 – #NormanRockwell published #FreedomfromWant in #TheSaturdayEveningPost with a matching essay by #CarlosBulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.

youtu.be/K9YllNgXXtY

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#OTD in 1944
‘The Tattoo Artist’
Norman Rockwell (1894–1978). Oil on canvas. 1944.
Illustration for the cover of *The Saturday Evening Post*, March 4, 1944
Collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell #tattoos #sailor

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Norman Rockwell

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#OTD in 1946
‘Framed’
Illustration by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Cover of *The Saturday Evening Post*, March 2, 1946
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell #museum

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Norman Rockwell

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Here's the out-of-print "Norman Rockwell's America" by Reader's Digest Edition; published in 1976. (I have two copies.)

"Norman Rockwell's America" is absolutely beautiful.

#normanrockwell #art #painting #comics #graphicnovels #SequentialArt #creatorsrights #MakeComicsGreatAgain #JesusMatters

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"The Golden Rule" by Norman Rockwell, 1961

#art #artist #GoldenRule #religion #NormanRockwell #painting #spirituality

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#eBaySeller #Wizman02 #Auction #eBayFinds #PaBoom #Look #Fire #Lit #NormanRockwell #OhBoy! #It'sPopWithA #NewPlymouth #TinCan #Hudson-Scott&Sons #TinBox
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When Whisperframe hears family — laughter, teasing, comfortable arguing — it almost always picks Norman Rockwell.

Warm light, kitchen tables, hands reaching for the same dish. The art of people who love each other loudly. 🎨

#AIart #NormanRockwell

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#Martes #NormanRockwell

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Norman Rockwell and his model for Rosie the Riveter, Mary Doyle Keefe, 1950

📷: Edward Elderma

#MaryDoyleKeefe #NormanRockwell #wecandoit #ww2

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#OTD in 1920
‘Grandpa listening to the wireless’
Illustration by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Cover of *The Literary Digest*, February 21, 1920
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell #radio #Mensfashion

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