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<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="HELVETICA,ARIAL"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The
pictures of <b>NORMAN ROCKWELL</b> (1894-1978) were recognized and loved
by almost everybody in America. The cover of <i>The Saturday Evening Post</i>
was his showcase for over forty years, giving him an audience larger than
that of any other artist in history. Over the years he depicted there
a unique collection of Americana, a series of vignettes of remarkable
warmth and humor. In addition, he painted a great number of pictures for
story illustrations, advertising campaigns, posters, calendars, and books.<BR>
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As his personal contribution during World War II, Rockwell painted the
famous "Four Freedoms" posters, symbolizing for millions the war aims
as described by President Franklin Roosevelt. One version of his "Freedom
of Speech" painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.<BR>
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Rockwell left high school to attend classes at the National Academy of
Design and later studied under Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman at the
Art Students League in New York. His early illustrations were done for
<i>St. Nicholas</i> magazine and other juvenille publications. He sold
his first cover painting to the <i>Post</i> in 1916 and ended up doing
over 300 more. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson sat for him
for portraits, and he painted other world figures, including Nassar of
Egypt and Nehru of India.<BR>
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In 1957 the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington cited him
as a Great Living American, saying that..."Through the magic of your talent,
the folks next door - their gentle sorrows, their modest joys - have enriched
our own lives and given us new insight into our countrymen."<BR>
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The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts has established
a large collection of his paintings, and has preserved Rockwell's last
studio as well.<BR>
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<B>[Preliminary study for "Freedom of Speech", 1942.<BR>
This piece set an auction record at $407,000.]</B></font><BR>
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