2. was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Born: February 3, 1894, Manhattan, New York City, NY Died: November 8, 1978, Stockbridge, MA Nationality: American Children: Thomas Rockwell Education: National Academy Museum and School, Art Students League of New York

3. is a 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell. An iconic image of the civil rights movement in the United States it depicts Ruby Bridges, a six- year-old African-American girl, on her way into an all-white public school in New Orleans on November 14, 1960 during the process of racial desegregation. Because of threats and violence against her, she is escorted by four deputy U. S. Marshalls; the painting is framed such that the marshals' heads are cropped at the shoulders. On the wall behind her is written the racial slur "n….." and the letters “KKK"; a smashed tomato thrown at Bridges is also visible. The white crowd is not visible, as the viewer is looking at the scene from their point of view. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 36 inches high by 58 inches wide.

4. The Four Freedoms is a series of four 1943 oil paintings by the American artist Norman Rockwell. The paintings—Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from and are now in the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The four freedoms refer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's January 1941 Four Freedoms State of the Union address in which he identified essential human rights that should be universally protected. The paintings were reproduced in The Saturday Evening Post over four consecutive weeks in 1943, alongside essays by prominent thinkers of the day. They became the highlight of a touring exhibition sponsored by The Post and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The exhibition and accompanying sales drives of war bonds raised over $132 million.

5. Boy Reading Adventure Story is about the power of the written word to transport a child to a distant land and time. George Lucas commented, "It's a painting celebrating literature, the magic that happens when you read a story, and the story comes alive for you." When working on Star Wars, he said, "I realized that you could still sit and dream about exotic lands and strange creatures.“ The Saturday Evening Post, November 10, 1923 oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in. Collection of George Lucas

6. (Portrait of Charles Lindbergh) Rockwell dropped everything and painted for twenty-six hours straight to finish this portrait of Charles Lindbergh. The young airmail pilot from St. Louis had just landed in Paris after thirty-three-and-a-half hours in the air. The heraldic image links Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus's voyage to America in the Santa Maria and with settlers who went westward in covered wagons. The Saturday Evening Post, July 23, 1927 oil on canvas, 22 ½ x 18 ½ in. Collection of Steven Spielberg

7. Girl Missing Tooth (The Checkup) The Saturday Evening Post, September 7, 1957 oil on canvas, 29 x 27 in. Collection of George Lucas Boy and Father: Baseball Dispute Four Seasons Calendar, 1962 oil on canvas, 18 x 16 in. Collection of George Lucas Little Girl Looking Downstairs at Christmas Party McCall's, December 1964 oil on board, 10 x 10 ½ in. Collection of George Lucas

8. First Trip to the Beauty Shop reprises an idea Rockwell first used in 1918. Mother and daughter are excited about the professional cut and style that symbolize the child's growth into girlhood. Rockwell tightened the focus between the almost-final drawing and the finished painting to emphasize the expression on the child's face as she regards herself in the mirror. Top Value trading stamp catalogue, 1972 oil on canvas, 30 x 27 in. Collection of George Lucas

9. Triple Self-Portrait appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post when the first installment of Rockwell's autobiography was published. The three likenesses acknowledge multiple sides of Rockwell's personality. Rockwell also tacitly admits that the images he had created for almost fifty years were constructed realities. The image on the easel looks younger than the sixty-six-year-old painter's reflection in the mirror. The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960 charcoal and pencil on board, 44 x 34 ½ in. Collection of Steven Spielberg

10. First Down by Norman Rockwell Shiner Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover May 23, 1954."It took three or four sessions to get the reference photographs for The Shiner (Girl with Black Eye) just right. Model Mary Whalen recalls "The black eye was the hardest thing in that picture, it had to be just perfect." The solution for Rockwell was to copy a genuine black eye, but he was unable to find one locally. The Berkshire Eagle ran a story about his search, and when the national wire picked it up he soon had more offers than he could handle. From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera Four Sporting Boys: Basketball

11. The Connoisseur By 1962, Rockwell had been working for the Post for more than forty years. But things weren't going well at the magazine. Television was drawing advertising away from the print media, and several companies that advertised in the Post thought Rockwell too old-fashioned for their modern messages. It is tempting to speculate that this painting of a well-dressed older man contemplating a Jackson Pollock-like drip painting is a metaphorical self-portrait as Rockwell faces the future. The picture reminds Steven Spielberg of Alfred Hitchcock looking at the next wave---at Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda about to make Easy Rider. The Saturday Evening Post, January 13, 1962 oil on canvasmounted on board, 37 ¾ x 31 ½ in. Collection of Steven Spielberg

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