Description
The art of Norman Rockwell, America's best-loved and best-known illusstrator, seems during the years since his passing to have gained in both resonance and stature among a great number of Americans. Rockwell's dream of America at a simpler time, of a small-town world of pig-tailed kids and their God-fearing parents, continues to hold a powerful and emotional appeal for young and old alike; indeed if there has ever been a time for Norman Rockwell's vision of the faith of America, for many, this is it. In these pages we can see America through Rockwell's vivid and detailed artistry. Whether his subject was rotund grandfather making a bid to recapture his youth as he faces the pitching of his freckle-faced grandson, or a soldier showing his proud mom how to peel potatoes at a Thanksgiving homecoming, these moving images present a picture of faith--of Rockwell's and of our own--in family, communitiy, and God. This gifted illustrator seems to have possessed a particular insight into his subjects' predicaments. Warmly and compassionately he painted common men and women facing some of life's common delimmas, but in his hands they were anything but common. These drawings speak of a love and respect bred of a deep understanding--as well they might, for throughout his career Rockwell's favorite models were his family, friends, and neighbors.
Everything is Somewhere
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