"The Adventurers, Post Cover" Lot no. 4402
By Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
1928
28.25" x 19.38", Framed Dimensions: 38.25" x 30.5"
Oil on Panel
Signed Lower Right
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The Saturday Evening Post, April 14, 1928, cover illustration
Literature:
Arthur Leighton Guptill, Norman Rockwell, Illustrator, New York, 1970, p. 167
Thomas Buechner, Norman Rockwell: Artist & Illustrator, New York, 1970, no. 233, p. 246, illustrated
Dr. Donald Stoltz and Marshall L. Stoltz, Norman Rockwell and 'The Saturday Evening Post,' 1916-1928, vol. I, New York, 1975, pp. 209-10, illustrated
Mary Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalogue of the Artist’s Work 1910-1978, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1976, fig. I-213, p. 50, illustrated
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, no. C293, pp. 110-11, illustrated
Jan Cohn, Covers of “The Saturday Evening Post:” Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America’s Favorite Magazine, New York, 1995, p. 122, illustrated
Judy Goffman Cutler, et al., Norman Rockwell & His Contemporaries, Newport, Rhode Island, 2015, p. 235, illustrated
Exhibitions:
Newport, Rhode Island, The National Museum of American Illustration, Norman Rockwell and His Contemporaries, May 2014-September 2015, p. 235, illustrated
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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.