Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell was an American illustrator whose work appeared on *Saturday Evening Post* covers for nearly five decades.
His paintings depicted idealized scenes of small-town American life—families at Thanksgiving dinner, boys at the barbershop, citizens exercising their rights.
The term "Norman Rockwell" now evokes nostalgic, wholesome Americana: The town square looked like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting.
Visual artist for media
- painterOne who applies pigment
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- easelUpright frame for paintings
brushwork · palette · realism · composition · figurative · portraiture · studio · technique
Second global military conflict
- civil rights movementOrganized effort against discrimination
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- Four FreedomsRights from 1941 address
Rosie the Riveter · Ruby Bridges · Golden Rule · United Nations · Peace Corps · space race · New Deal · home front
Long-running American magazine
- small townModest rural settlement
- Main StreetTown's central thoroughfare
- apple piePastry with cooked fruit
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
picket fence · barbershop · county fair · front porch · soda fountain · town square · general store · church supper
Excessive tender emotion
- yesteryearTime not long past
- bygone eraPeriod no longer current
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
wistfulness · idealism · wholesomeness · innocence · simpler times · memory lane · vintage · Rockwellian
illustrator
Visual artist for media
- painterOne who applies pigment
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
easel · brushwork · palette · realism · composition · figurative · portraiture · studio · technique · artistry
World War II
Second global military conflict
- civil rights movementOrganized effort against discrimination
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
Four Freedoms · Rosie the Riveter · Ruby Bridges · Golden Rule · United Nations · Peace Corps · space race · New Deal · home front · war bonds
Saturday Evening Post
Long-running American magazine
- small townModest rural settlement
- Main StreetTown's central thoroughfare
- apple piePastry with cooked fruit
Thanksgiving · picket fence · barbershop · county fair · front porch · soda fountain · town square · general store · church supper · Fourth of July
sentimentality
Excessive tender emotion
- yesteryearTime not long past
- bygone eraPeriod no longer current
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
reminiscence · wistfulness · idealism · wholesomeness · innocence · simpler times · memory lane · vintage · Rockwellian · romanticized
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- American ArtAmerican art, Hudson River School, American Renaissance, Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism
- American ArtistsAndy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- illustratorsillustrator, Quentin Blake, book illustrator, Maurice Sendak, Eric Carle
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
Norman RockwellJackson Pollock
Mark Rothko · Marcel Duchamp · Francis Bacon · abstract expressionism · Andy Warhol
Norman RockwellGordon Parks
Edward Hopper · Jacob Lawrence · social realism · Charles Bukowski · David Lynch