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Oh Yeah
Choosin’ Up
The Runaway 1958
Moving In 1972
Girl at the
Mirror1954
The Prom Dress
March 1949
How to Diet
A day in the life of a Boy
Gossip1948
Norman Perceval ROCKWELL
New York,February 3rd 1894Stockbridge(Mass.)November 8th 1978
A great illustrator and painter.
A storyteller artist.
A famous illustratorNorman Rockwell is remembered for his heartwarming illustrations of American life that appeared on covers of the "Saturday Evening Post" magazine for many decades. From 1916 to 1963 he produced 317 covers.
His styleMost of his works are humorous treatments
of idealized small-town and family life.
He developed a style of finely drawn realism with a lot of anecdotal details.
His success He was an extremely popular illustrator.
During World War II, posters of his Four Freedoms were distributed by the Office of War Information.
The Four Freedoms
The Four Freedoms are goals famously articulated by United States president Franklin D. ROOSEVELT on January 6th 1941. In the Four Freedoms speech, Roosevelt enumerated four points as fundamental freedoms for humans « everywhere in the world ».
Economic security
The public loved his paintings.However Rockwell's work was often dismissed by critics. Late in his career, he turned to more serious subjects (e.g., a series on racism for Look magazine) and began to receive more serious attention, and in the 1990s his critical reputation enjoyed a positive reassessment.
1.What was his name? • 2.Where and when was he born?• 3.When did he die?• 4.What was his job? (2)• 5.Can you describe his style?• 6.What did he work for?• 7.Was he popular?• 8.Did the critics like him?• 9.What did he do to help during WWII?• 10.Can you name the 4..?• 11.Who made the related speech and in what year?• 12.What subjects did he paint later in his carreer? Give
an example.
• 13.Did he smoke the pipe?
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