{"title":"Norman Rockwell","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAn American painter and illustrator known for his iconic depictions of American culture, Norman Rockwell's favourite subjects included nuclear families, mischievous children and small-town life, and his work has achieved a status that has proved enduring far beyond his own lifetime. Born in New York City in 1894, he knew from the age of fourteen that he wanted to be an artist, leaving high school to study at the National Academy of Design before transferring to the Art Students League, where he learned the technical skills he relied upon throughout his long career. \u003cspan class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eHis involvement with The Saturday Evening Post began in 1916, and over the following 47 years his work appeared 322 times on its cover. The 1930s and 1940s proved the most fruitful period of his career, with his success stemming largely from his careful appreciation for everyday American scenes, the warmth of small-town life in particular. He spent the last ten years of his career painting about civil rights, poverty and space exploration for Look magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdayeveningpost.com\/norman-rockwell-biography\/\" class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHis paintings went on to inspire American directors including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, whose 1994 film Forrest Gump recreates several of Rockwell's paintings as scenes throughout the film. In 1977 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Norman_Rockwell_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Norman Rockwell Photograph by Bain News Service via Wikimedia Commons\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePhotograph\u003c\/a\u003e by Bain News Service via Wikimedia Commons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"marriage-license","title":"Marriage License","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe couple featured in Rockwell's \"Marriage License\" are Francis (Moe) and Joan Mahoney an engaged couple who received this oil sketch from the artist as a wedding present. In 1983 the Mahoney's gifted this piece to the Norman Rockwell Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a town clerk's office mere footsteps away from Rockwell's first Stockbridge studio on Main Street, this piece expresses Rockwell's admiration of the wood-panelled interiors found in many of his favourite seventeenth-century Dutch Master paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe building itself is fashioned after one pictured in Jan Vermeer's 'A Street in Delft.' In keeping with the older Dutch style, Rockwell replaced an existing metal filing cabinet in the left foreground with an old railroad station stove. His model for the town clerk had recently lost his wife and the authenticity of his feelings adds power and poignancy to this study of young love, youth and older age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054263640438,"sku":"INV-0031","price":545.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/9420cd91-10c9-4026-8db7-8d39c9e76c3e-l_15e63dec-21cd-401e-a80e-bc7184ea1853.jpg?v=1771933340"},{"product_id":"barbershop-quartet","title":"Barbershop Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman Rockwell's Barbershop Quartet appeared on the September 26, 1936, cover of the Saturday Evening Post. This important study for the painting embodies the joyful spirit that Rockwell so masterfully captured in the final composition. It presents a rare and intriguing glimpse into the working process of one of art history’s most celebrated artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt includes quintessential details such as the copy of the Police Gazette newspaper, with a scantily clad girl on the front cover, scuffed shoes, straight razor and comb missing a couple of teeth. Full of character and joy for life, Rockwell's Barbershop Quartet remains among his most iconic scenes of American nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe mural produced from this drawing now hangs outside the Barbershop Harmony Society in Nashville Tennessee, a group dedicated to preserving the history and art of the old-fashioned singing style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is pictured in Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. 1, 1986, by L. Norton Moffatt, no. C357a, pp. 134-135.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCirca 1936\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054268686710,"sku":"INV-ROCN-0033","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/ef919ce4-39e1-4d5e-8c40-178b4436d18e-l_53b89bd2-809c-43dc-a19e-06537f77cfc7.jpg?v=1771933367"},{"product_id":"the-saturday-people","title":"The Saturday People","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe seminal Rockwell artwork, \"The Saturday People\" is a rare piece of work with only 200 limited editions of the image being published and even fewer artist proofs, of which this work is. \n\u003cbr\u003eCreated for the October 1966 edition of McCall's Magazine. The work was an original for the magazine completely inspired by the tale of a thirteen year old with golden hair called Leslie. She lived in mid- Manhattan and excited by her world there, her imagination activated. The flamboyant and famous figures dance within her own private thoughts. To further exemplify this Rockwell portraits over thirteen celebrities and socialites of the time are actually among the notables who move through Rockwell's image. From left to right are Actor David McCallum, NYC Mayor John Lindsay, Soprano Maria Callas, Actor Sean Connery, Pianist Van Cliburn, Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr, Prince Philip of England, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Comedian Jonathan Winters, Composer\/Conductor Leonard Bernstein and Actor Tallulah Bankhead. \n\u003cbr\u003eOther notables— including Rockwell himself, along with his wife Molly in cameo appearance— walk through the artwork from right to left.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054269669750,"sku":"INV-ROCN-0034","price":2650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/b53930e5-5fe9-4ac9-9599-27ad8b764151-l_1299c6b3-2f6a-4178-bf7e-ed83a1fe98f6.jpg?v=1771933395"},{"product_id":"moving-day","title":"Moving Day","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman Rockwell painted Moving Day (The Saturday Evening Post, May 17, 1967) as a reaction to the integration of families in Chicago's Park Forest suburb during the 1960's. Two black children with white cat, stand in the driveway of their new home, while three white children with black dog, look at them with curiosity. The scene is filled with childish innocence and promise, the only signs of outside influence coming from two adults, one obliviously going about the moving process, and one peering from behind a window curtain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054270521718,"sku":"INV-ROCN-0035","price":4950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/ce86e0e2-de40-413a-8104-f49b11f397ab-l_1f32a928-163d-42d1-958d-0a8da305f552.jpg?v=1771933423"},{"product_id":"girl-running-with-wet-canvas","title":"Girl Running With Wet Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman Rockwell created covers for the Saturday Evening Post from 1916 until well into the 1970's. This paralleled the continual progression of women's rights, and Rockwell's work illustrated the shifting presence of women in US society. \n\u003cbr\u003eOn April 12th 1930, \"Girl Running With Wet Canvas\" was posted out to homes across America. Rockwell's illustration was a huge deviation from the accepted representation of women at that time. The young girl is mid stride, with art supplies almost spilling from her hands. She is looking straight ahead with a determined and steadfast look on her face; not focused on the viewer or her own dishevelled appearance, simply what is ahead of her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054397956470,"sku":"INV-ROCN-0032","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/59b66486-fa75-40d9-87cc-3780252e8a04-l.jpg?v=1768326499"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/collections\/Girl_Running_With_Wet_Canvas-_painting.jpg?v=1781278505","url":"https:\/\/hancockgallery.co.uk\/collections\/norman-rockwell.oembed","provider":"Hancock Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}