Norman Rockwell is considered "the most popular American artist" of the twentieth century, according to art historian Karal Ann Marling writing in American Enterprise. His illustrations of idealized, nostalgia-evoking American scenes--most of which...

Norman Rockwell's preeminence as an illustrator in the public mind springs from a variety of sources, but leading them all was Rockwell's supremacy as a cover artist for The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Rockwell's illustrations...

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is remembered for his heartwarming illustrations of American life that appeared on covers of the Saturday Evening Post magazine for many decades. Marked by nostalgia and moral fortitude, the paintings remain popular with...

Born February 3, 1894 New York, New York Died November 8, 1978 Stockbridge, Massachusetts...

Despite his distinction as a popular painter of everyday life, Norman Rockwell has, for much of the twentieth century, represented a point of controversy concerning the definition of art and the nature of American culture itself. Although a sizable...

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday...

By Karal Ann Marling. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 160 pp. 50 black-and-white illustrations and 50 color plates. $45. Robert Rosenblum Norman Rockwell keeps pricking my art-historical conscience. First there was the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1985, where I saw, right in...

Norman Rockwell LAURA CLARIDGE Random House, 512 pages ARE YOU SITTING DOWN? IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY hip to like Norman Rockwell. So says Laura Claridge in her new critical biography of small-town America's favorite artist, and she appears to be right on...

The Butler Institute of American Art has paid $1.6 million to acquire its first Norman Rockwell painting, "Lincoln the Railsplitter."The painting was bought Nov. 30 in a sale at Christie's Auction House in New York. The previous owner was Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate...

A traveling exhibit of Norman Rockwell works opens a cross-country tour Saturday at the Akron Art Museum and highlights the beloved artist's growing acceptance by a mainstream art community that had long spurned him as too kitschy and commercialized.The rarely circulated works from the Norman...

A life story of Norman Rockwell, America's most beloved artist who captured the American experience with warmth, humility and humor. Many of Rockwell's paintings appeared in "Look" magazine and the "Saturday Evening Post."