Norman rockwell biography summary worksheets

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Meet Norman Rockwell, American Illustrator

Background:

Norman Rockwell  (1894–1978)
Triple Self-Portrait, 1959
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960
Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 34.75 inches
Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, NRACT.1973.19

Humor and humility were essential aspects of Norman Rockwell’s character, so when asked to do a self-portrait that would announce the first of eight excerpts of his autobiography, the result was lighthearted and somewhat self-deprecating. The painting provides the essential elements not of his life as an illustrator, but of the specific commission. Rockwell’s life is far too eventful and complex to begin to approach summation in a single work, so he limits the composition to himself, his artists’ materials, his references, a canvas on an easel, and a mirror.

There are more inconsistencies in this painting that are cause for wonder. Rockwell was a stickler for neatness, but here he has scattered matchsticks, paint tubes, and brushes over the studio floor. The glass of Coca-Cola, Rockwell’s usual afternoon pick-me-up, looks as if it will tip over at any moment. Other discrepancies can be explained away. He has traded his usual Windsor chair for a stool (easier to see more of him?) and his milk glass palette tab

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Share the story of Norman Rockwell and assign the related activities as a way of learning more about a great artist.

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