Norman Rockwell's biography

Norman Rockwell

 • American painter 1894-1978

 • Very young, Norman Rockwell is interested in drawing.

• Norman Rockwell did not define himself not like a painter but as an illustrator.

 • The Saturday Evening Post. His name remains identified with this magazine which he realizes the most famous illustrations and covers until 1960.

• In the 1950s, it is considered one of the most popular American artists.

• He makes the portraits Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nasser. It was then he paints a triple self-portrait very mysterious. We see the painter, the pipe to the lips, trying to paint and to look for it in a mirror.

• In the late 1960s, it illustrates more political themes. His plus famous illustration for Look represents a little black American girl getting to return to school escorted by federal agents.

• Norman Rockwell died in 1978. He is one of those who inspired hyperrealism.

• Techniques: He began by choosing his subject, which he made several sketches and sketches to elaborate the initial idea, then he drew a drawing very precise charcoal in the same format as the final canvas. he postponed this drawing on the canvas and began the actual painting. he was painting with oil paint very diluted with gasoline.

• From the 1930s, Rockwell adds a new auxiliary to his work, photography, which allows him to work with his models without their impose too long exposure times. The process will influence its by directing his painting towards photorealism.

• Norman Rockwell's style has been described as a narrative storyteller. As illustrator, he made sure that his works were perfect correspondence with the texts he illustrated (this is the case of Tom Sawyer). For his magazine covers, every detail had a role in the narrative of the scene. His work evolved from a naturalism inherited from nineteenth century to a more realistic and accurate painting in its most prolific.

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