Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell
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Norman Rockwell depicts Four Freedoms
Norman Rockwell, inspired by a congressional speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, painted the Four Freedoms series.
The four paintings, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear were published by the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. Rockwell's paintings were exhibited through out the United States and helped to earn over $130 million through the sale of war bonds during World War II.
Norman Rockwell's Self Portrait
The four paintings, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear were published by the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. Rockwell's paintings were exhibited through out the United States and helped to earn over $130 million through the sale of war bonds during World War II.
Norman Rockwell's Self Portrait
Norman Rockwell -The Artist and Illustrator
Norman Rockwell was born in New York City in 1894. At the age of 14, Rockwell began his formal studies in art by attending, The New York School of Art and then in 1910, The National Academy of Design. He soon transferred to The Art Students League where he learned illustration art and techniques from Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman.
By the age of 16, Rockwell had earned his first commission as an artist by painting four Christmas Cards. He was hired as the art director for Boy's Life magazine, a publication for the Boy Scouts of America, while still a teenager. By the age of 21, he was illustrating for magazines like Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman.
His first illustration for the Saturday Evening Post was in 1916. Rockwell continued to work for the Post for 47 years during which time he illustrated 321 magazine covers.
In 1963 he left the Saturday Evening Post and continued his illustrations with Look magazine for 10 more years.
In 1977, Norman Rockwell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his many works of art depicting life in the United States. He died in 1978, leaving his legacy of art work and paintings to the Norman Rockwell Museum, which he helped establish, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
By the age of 16, Rockwell had earned his first commission as an artist by painting four Christmas Cards. He was hired as the art director for Boy's Life magazine, a publication for the Boy Scouts of America, while still a teenager. By the age of 21, he was illustrating for magazines like Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman.
His first illustration for the Saturday Evening Post was in 1916. Rockwell continued to work for the Post for 47 years during which time he illustrated 321 magazine covers.
In 1963 he left the Saturday Evening Post and continued his illustrations with Look magazine for 10 more years.
In 1977, Norman Rockwell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his many works of art depicting life in the United States. He died in 1978, leaving his legacy of art work and paintings to the Norman Rockwell Museum, which he helped establish, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Freedom of Speech
Freedom to Worship
Freedom from Want
Freedom from Fear
Norman Rockwell's inspiration
Norman Rockwell was inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's the "Four Freedoms" speech in January of 1941.
An excerpt from FDR's speech:
In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor--anywhere in the world.
That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Annual Message to Congress
January 6, 1941
Read FDR's speech in it's entirety at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
An excerpt from FDR's speech:
In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor--anywhere in the world.
That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Annual Message to Congress
January 6, 1941
Read FDR's speech in it's entirety at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
~Norman Rockwell~
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- Norman Rockwell Museum
- Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA is the authoritative source for all things Norman Rockwell. The Norman Rockwell Museum online store sells the highest quality giclee Rockwell prints and posters as well as rare signed Norman Rockwell prints. Norman Rockwell Museum's collection is the world's
- American Masters . Norman Rockwell | PBS
- Picture a nation of patriotic citizens unencumbered by want or fear, free to speak their minds and worship as they chose. In a simple room, generations gather for a bountiful Thanksgiving feast. In a dimly lit bedroom, a mother and father tuck their child safely into bed. At a town meeting, a man stands tall and proud among his neighbors. In a crowd, every head is bent in fervent prayer. This is Norman Rockwell's America as depicted in his famous "Four Freedoms" series.
- Norman Rockwell
- Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978) "America's most beloved illustrator" had a record-breaking museum tour in 2000, delighting audiences and irritating snobs. He purposely painted one less Saturday Evening Post cover than his idol
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kansasww
Dec 24, 2010 @ 6:57 pm | delete
- An amazing artist, very difficult to choose a favorite.
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HorseAndPony
Sep 28, 2009 @ 7:00 pm | delete
- This is a great lens. Freedom from Fear is my favorite.
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momto4
Sep 14, 2009 @ 2:56 pm | delete
- Great lens! Wonderful pictures!
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BarbRad Sep 11, 2009 @ 3:47 am | delete
- Great idea and great execution of it. I've always liked Rockwell's paintings because they capture so much of what's universal in the human experience.
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BevsPaper
Sep 3, 2009 @ 9:56 pm | delete
- Rockwell was a genius. These 4 Freedom Posters (the originals) and the prints in Saturday Evening Post Magazine are actually quite sought after by Rockwell collectors. Nice job.
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