Norman_Rockwell_Biography

Norman Rockwell Biography Norman Rockwell Biography Norman Rockwell was February 3, 1894 in NYC · At age 14 left high school to study art at the National Academy of Art. · At 16 Rockwell was commissioned to paint 4 Christmas cards. · 1911 Rockwell got his first gig illustrating children’s books. · The job led him to other assignments including art editor for Boys Life Magazine. · Rockwell studied with Thomas Fogarty this is where Rockwell learned the technical skills he relied on through out his career. · 1916 at 22 Rockwell painted his 1st cover for the Saturday Evening Post. · Over the next 47 yrs 321 Rockwell covers would appear on the Post. · Rock well was married a total of 3 times and had 3 sons. · Rockwell moved to Vermont in 1939 this is where Rockwell’s work rockwell, freedom, norman, post, art, war, through, stockbridge, rockwell’s, reproduced, paintings, painted, age, yrs, wwwrockwelltourorg/biographyhtml, wwwimpressionistartprintscom/norman_rockwell_biographyhtml, wwwartbiddercom/artist/rockwellcom, writers, worship, works, work, vivid, vermont, trust, toured, total, times, thomas, technical, study, studied, speech, sons, society, small-town