Norman Rockwell was born in New-York on the third of febrary 1894. He died in Stokebridge in the Massachusets on the 8th of november 1978. He was an American painter and illustrator and was a painter naturalist of the American life of the twentieth century. He is also famous because he illustrated from 1916 till 1960 the covers of the amarican magazine Saturday Evening Post.
He painted a picture being entitled « Problem we all live with » in 1964 which represents Rubby Bridges. Rubby Bridges is a little black girl who goes to the public school for the first time. On the picture she is protected by four white-skinned man to go to school but some poeple throw them tomatoes. Norman Rockwell was denouncing racism.
He also painted in 1942 « Freedom for love ». It's a joyful scene of a family meal where the people spend a good time together. This image is painted as if it was a picture and it represent a middle-class American family meeting around a turkey for Thanksgiving. It shows that family life and family traditions are important as weel as social life.
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