Norman Rockwell - biography

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his life

2. After 21

1. Before he turned 16

Before he turned 16

Norman Rockwell was born in New York City in 1894. He is one of America's most famous painter. He always wanted to be an artist, so when he was 14 years old, he started classes at the New York School of Art . He left school when he was 16 to study art at the National Academy of Design and then at the Art Students League. Norman painted four Christmas cards before he turned 16. He was only a teenager but he became the art director of a magazine : Boys' Life - the Boy Scouts of America's publication.

after 21

At 21, Norman Rockwell moved to New Rochelle, New York and set up a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe and painted for several magazines. When he was 22 , Norman painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post , a magazine Norman said was, "the greatest show window in America." During the next 47 years, Norman Rockwell painted 321 covers for The Post. He also painted a lot of pictures for story illustrations, advertising campaigns, posters, calendars, and books.

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Besides illustration, Rockwell loved to paint kids. He created a wonderful mythical land where children were the protagonists. This line of art was his answer to the drama of war, and to the violence, he experienced in New York in his childhood. He believed that America had to build a country which can preserve its innocence and grow proper adults.

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