1948 – ‘Christmas Homecoming’ – Norman Rockwell

‘The Way it Should Be’

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Merry Christmas from Chiang Mai, Thailand! – jon

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Thanksgiving

– Norman Rockwell – ‘Home for Thanksgiving (Mother and Son peeling potatoes)’
– 1945

Norman Rockwell’s ‘The Runaway’; NOT Norman Rockwell’s . . .

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover
illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Posr magazine for more than four decades.

Among the best-known of Rockwell’s works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With,and the Four Freedoms series.

He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys’ Life,vcalendars, and other illustrations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell

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