Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The amazing Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was one of the biggest visual storytellers the US ever bred. And one of the easiest to like.
Through his paintings he romanticized the simple life and values of the Americans and made sometimes rather complicated issues quite simple.Not many will acknowledge him as a great artist, but he is certainly one of the best known. 
Among the best-known of his works are the "Willie Gillis" series, "Rosie the Riveter", "Saying Grace", and the "Four Freedoms" series.
I just can't help feel drawn into the greasy poetry in his pictures and linger with a thirst for a simpler time, that possible never were. And a feel that I ought to go buy some war bonds right now...




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