Screen LibraryWho was Norman Rockwell? /
"Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was insp...
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Penguin Workshop,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was inspired to create paintings that described the principles for universal rights: four paintings that portray iconic images of the American experience. Over the course of his lifetime, he painted 322 covers for the Saturday Evening Post. Of his work, he has said: "Maybe as I grew up and found the world wasn't th |
| Carrier Form: | 107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Audience: | 8-12. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9780448488646 9781524790967 1524790966 0448488647 9781549094125 1549094122 |
| Index Number: | ND237 |
| CLC: | K837.125.72 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.72/R684F |
| Contents: | Who was Norman Rockwell? -- A boy with a pencil -- A serious student -- On the cover of a magazine -- A new chapter -- The move to Massachusetts -- Causes on canvas -- An aging artist -- An American mirror -- Timelines. |