Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 November 8 ...
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Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 –
November 8, 1978) An American painter and
illustrator during the 20th-century, Rockwell’s
artworks were enjoyed because of his reflection
on American culture. He is most known for the
cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he
created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine
for over 4 decades.
In 1943, Rockwell created a series consisting of 4
paintings based on the Four Freedoms. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt had introduced this concept in
one of his speeches. One of the paintings,
Freedom from Want, has come to portray the old
American traditional Thanksgiving. It is usually
referred to as the Norman Rockwell
Thanksgiving. Over time, there have been many
spoofs and variations on this image; I present
some of them.