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Christmas Homecoming. Click on an outlined face below to learn more about the model who posed for that part of the painting. If you are using a smartphone (not a tablet) you may need to pinch and resize. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Christmas Homecoming, 1948.
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With the barest of clues that this is Christmas, Rockwell...
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Christmas Homecoming, 1948, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)....
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With the barest of clues that this is Christmas, Rockwell brings his readers a festive holiday scene purely through the smiles on everyone's faces and a few touches of bright red paint.
Norman Rockwell's Christmas Homecoming appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published December 25, 1948. The original oil on canvas painting, 35.5 x 33.5 inches or 90 x 85 cm, is currently part of the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum of Stockbridge Massachusetts .
May 1, 2022 · Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. ‘Christmas Homecoming’ was created in 1947 by Norman Rockwell in Regionalism style.
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Rockwell’s first Christmas-themed Saturday Evening Post coverfrom December 1916 represents a significant advance on his earlier efforts, as his previous silhouetted characters on white backgrounds were replaced with color and greater detail. Released in the weeks before Christmas, the scene depicting a middle aged man trying on a Santa beard with t...
His December 1923 cover of Literary Digest was Rockwell’s final illustration for the magazine. In it, he captured the magic of building anticipation before Christmas Day, as well as the artist’s admiration of Rembrandt. In his early works, Rockwell often emulated the Dutch Golden Age painter’s works by using chiaroscuro (light-dark) effects. He ach...
Demonstrating his generosity and warmth of spirit during the holidays, Rockwell gifted Christmas: Santa Reading Mailto its original owner after it illustrated the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in December 1935. “Despite the fact that our house was quarantined [due to a case of scarlet fever], Mr. Rockwell came across the street carrying the 19...
Painted in 1936 for the December cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Under the Mistletoecaptures romantically portrayed and intertwined characters in a nostalgic scene of budding romance during the festive period. “I select traditional subjects. Santa Claus, kids, Christmas revellers, or a cup of Christmas cheer in Merry old England … because that’...
A middle-aged man peers into a mirror on the inside of a makeup box, daubing white on his eyebrows with a sense of commitment. Beside him, a wig awaits on a stand. The title, An Audience of One, suggests that this might just be the calm before the storm. Before long, he will be visited by throngs of parents and children. The pared-back background o...
Not only one of Rockwell’s most memorable depictions of Santa Claus, Extra Good Boys and Girls is perhaps one of the most unforgettable images of jolly old Saint Nick that any artist has ever produced and it has even helped shape our collective image of modern Christmas.“Norman Rockwell is generally credited with the invention of the modern America...
The illustration Christmas in the Heart was created to accompany Rachel Field’s story of the same name, which appeared in the January 1941 issue of American Magazine. The title pays homage to Ebenezer Scrooge’s famous final repent in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” Rockwell’...
First appearing on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in December 1947, Tired Sales Girl on Christmas Eve not only displays Rockwell’s mastery of visual storytelling, but also his deft humor. In this painting he affectionately and amusingly illustrates the exhaustion of the festive period for those on the other side of the counter. Shoes kicked...
After first appearing on the Christmas Day cover of The Saturday Evening Postin 1948, Norman Rockwell’s depiction of a happy Christmas reunion not only features his own family, but has become symbolic of the importance of American families gathering together over the festive period. Joyous, beaming with pride, and full of festive cheers, the family...
Perhaps on a hunt for presents, a pyjama-clad boy comes across a Santa outfit while rummaging in his parents’ drawers. Eyes wide, jaw dropped, the shocking truth about Santa has been revealed. Rockwell depicts the discovery in his typical tongue-in-cheek style, warmly ridiculing the children entertained by the myth and the doting parents who keep i...
Christmas Homecoming, 1948, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©1948 SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN - Norman Rockwell Museum - The Home for American Illustration.
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May 15, 2019 · Norman Rockwell's preliminary study for the painting Christmas Homecoming, which appeared on the cover of the December 25, 1948 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, is the only one in the artist's oeuvre in which all five members of his immediate family appear and are portrayed as themselves.
