Norman ROCKWELL

Norman ROCKWELL

Norman Rockwell was an American illustrator born February 3, 1894 in New York and died November 8, 1978 in Stockbridge (Massachusetts). Norman Rockwell is famous for his illustrations which he created from 1916 to 1963. Norman Rockwell had a penchant for drawing since childhood and entered the Chase School of Fine and Applied Arts in 1908. In 1910, he dropped out and joined the New York Federation of Art Students, honing his skills under George Bridgman and Thomas Fogerty. The same year, he illustrated his first book, Tell Me Why, Stories, and began a long association with the Boy Scouts movement in the United States, illustrating Boy's Life magazine.

Norman RICKWELL

Illustration of a specific and real event that took place in the southern United States during the process of desegregation. Ruby Bridges, 6, was one of the only children who passed a test to be able to integrate a white school in the city of New Orleans. She was the first little black girl to joined a white school (William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana) on November 14, 1960.Faced with the hostility of the white population, Ruby had to be escorted by federal agents and was subjected to of insults and throwing projectiles. Only one teacher agrees to teach with her. Pendant and Barbara Henry teaches only at Ruby Bridges.This painting is a symbol of the fight for civil rights in the United States.

THE PROBLEM WE ALL LIVE WITH

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In addition to Rockwell's 574 original works, the museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of more than 100,000 miscellaneous items, including photographs, fan mail, and several business documents. In 2014 the Famous Artists School donated its archives to the museum, including preparatory drawings by Rockwell, one of its founding members in 19482.

The museum was founded in 1969 in Stockbridge, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life. The museum has been in its current location since 1993. Its design was developed by architect Robert A. M. Stern.

Norman Rockwell's style has been described as storyteller (narrative). As an illustrator, he ensured that his works were in perfect correspondence with the texts he illustrated (this is the case with Tom Sawyer). For his magazine covers, every detail had a role in the narrative of the scene.