"The Jester, Post Cover" Lot no. 4397
By Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
1939
31 1/8" x 25 1/8"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Right
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The Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1939, cover illustration
Literature
The Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1939, cover illustration
Thomas S. Buechner, Norman Rockwell, Artist & Illustrator, New York, 1970, no. 336, n.p., illustrated
Christopher Flinch, Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers, New York, 1979, pp. 283, 294
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell, A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, no. C373, pp. 140-41, illustrated
Exhibited
New York, Bernard Danenberg Galleries; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts; Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum; Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art; San Antonio, Texas, McNay Art Museum; San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Art Center; Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Norman Rockwell; A Sixty Year Retrospective, February 1972- April 1973, p. 75, illustrated
Osaka, Japan, Hankyu Department Store; New York, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Norman Rockwell, April-June 1975
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, The Norman Rockwell Museum, 2009-11 (on loan)
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
The pictures of Norman Perceval Rockwell (1894-1978) were recognized and enjoyed by almost everybody in America. The cover of The Saturday Evening Post was his showcase for over forty years, giving him an audience larger than that of any other artist in history. Over the years, he depicted there a unique collection of Americana, a series of vignettes of remarkable warmth and humor. In addition, he painted a great number of pictures for story illustrations, advertising campaigns, posters, calendars and books.
As his personal contribution during World War II, Rockwell painted the famous “Four Freedoms” posters, symbolizing for millions the war aims as described by President Franklin Roosevelt. One version of his “Freedom of Speech” painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Rockwell left high school to attend classes at the National Academy of Design, and later studied under Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgeman at the Art Students League in New York. His two greatest influences were the completely opposite titans Howard Pyle and J.C Leyendecker.
His early illustrations were done for St. Nicholas magazine and other juvenile publications. He sold his first cover painting to the Post in 1916, and ended up doing over 300 more. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson sat for him for portraits, and he painted other world figures, including Nassar of Egypt and Nehru of India.
An important museum has been established in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he maintained his studio. Each year, tens of thousands visit the largest collection of his original paintings extant.