Rockwell Basic Art

The story of my life, is really, the story of my pictures and how i made them, Norman Rockwell. Since his work is categorized as illustration and was most famously featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, fine art critics were slow to acknowledge the importance of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) as true artist, though his work was enormously popular during his lifetime and has endured as a crucial element in Americas perception of itself in the 20th century. Through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the 1950s and 60s, Rockwell illustrations were a part of daily life, showing, as he once said, the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. About the Series: Every book in TASCHENs Basic Art Series features: - a detailed chronological summary of the artists life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist - approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions - a concise biography About the editor: Cultural anthropologist and graphic design historian Jim Heimann is Executive Editor for TASCHEN America, and author of numerous books on architecture, pop culture, and the history of the West Coast, Los Angeles and Hollywood. His unrivaled private collection of ephemera has featured in museum exhibitions around the world and dozens of books. About the author: Karal Ann Marling is professor of art history and American studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of twenty-three books on topics including American mural painting of the Depression era, illustration of the 1940s, the architecture of theme parks, and the influence of television on visual culture in the 1950s. She is currently writing a biography of Grandma Moses.