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Family Tree, Norman Rockwell, 1959 Oil on canvas, 46” x 42” Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, October 24, 1959 Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust, NRACT.1973.7 ©1959 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
* The Norman Rockwell Museum has asked me to help spread the word about what sounds like a terrific lecture they presented last Sunday. “Imperiled Illustrators: J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, and the War at ‘The Saturday Evening Post’,” on Sunday, April 10 - More info on future lectures at the link.
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suz1212, Roadsidepictures, philipjbond, Elisa Chavarri, and 39 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Roadsidepictures (26 months ago | reply)
Great one!!
r8r (26 months ago | reply)
fun sampling of American types. that sun, seen thru the smoke of the burning ship, is a nice touch.
wardomatic (26 months ago | reply)
I've always loved this piece by Rockwell. Notice that the dad at top has the same features as his ancestors throughout the painting. Love that. And I find it fascinating that the mom & dad are very distantly related.
LudaChristian (26 months ago | reply)
I worked at Curtis Publishing for several years and got to see some of the original SEP cover art up close... that of Rockwell & Leyendecker in particular. Pretty amazing, and I learned quite a bit.
seth.squatch (26 months ago | reply)
One of my fave Rockwell pieces. I saw the exhibition in DC of Lucas and Spielberg's collection and was surprised at how large a format he worked. The size of the canvases made them absolutely breathtaking in their details..
TheUnrequitedTV (26 months ago | reply)
...this is NOT the work of an illustrator...this is art...