Norman Rockwell

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Norman Rockwell
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Norman Rockwell

American illustrator, 1894–1978
SchoolAmerican Scene
BiographyNorman Rockwell was born in New York, New York. By the age of 14 he began attending the Chase Art School and went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. He started his career working as the art editor for Boy's Life, a magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Rockwell then moved on to illustrating covers for the Saturday Evening Post and worked there for fifty years. Rockwell is also well known for his works of art created during world War II including the Four Freedoms and Rosie the Riveter. Later in his career, Rockwell's work took on issues of racism in America, such as his painting The Problem We All Live With. His studio in Stockbridge, Massachusetts is now the location of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
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