Classic Art: (Nearly) Forgotten Christmas Art
We’ve uncovered some holiday scenes from the archive that you won’t see anywhere else: even an almost forgotten Rockwell Santa!
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Tag Archives: Norman Rockwell
Valentine Kiss
A tribute to his late ex-wife Irene, Norman Rockwell created Signpainter, the cover illustration for the February 9, 1935, Post.
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Classic Ads: Wish List for a 20th Century Christmas
From an Edison Phonograph in 1909 to a new Plymouth in 1951 (ad by Norman Rockwell!), we’ve found decades of great Christmas ads from a bygone era.
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Classic Covers: The Family Rockwell
Not only was Norman Rockwell’s art on Post covers, sometimes his family was too. Take a look at some of our classic covers featuring his three sons: Jerry, Tom, and Peter.
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Peter Rockwell: A Sculptor’s Retrospective
Peter tells us about his inspirations, influences, and memories of growing up with the Rockwells.
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Classic Covers: Childhood in the 1950s
Remember black-and-white Westerns and sandlot baseball? Our classic covers show what being a youngster was like in postwar America.
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A Day in the Life of Norman Rockwell Model Chuck Marsh
Rockwell Model Chuck Marsh Jr. discusses what it was like working with America’s best-loved artist.
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A Dream Come True
Rockwell’s rural fantasies take flight in a 1935 painting that would later come to define him.
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Classic Covers: Halloween, 100 Years Ago
Jack-o’-lanterns, masks, and merriment—in the early 1900s, the ghoulish holiday wasn’t so different than it is today.
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Classic Covers: Firefighters
As long as there has been fire, there have been firefighters. We salute them with classic covers from artists like Rockwell, Dohanos, and Falter.
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Remembering Sept. 11
As we honor the victims of September 11, we are also reminded how our country came together to stand as one.
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Classic Covers: Election
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Perhaps it does, but over the years, it has also made for great Post covers!
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More Than Meets the Eye
Was Rockwell stuck for ideas, or was there something more at play in this October 8, 1938, cover for the Post?
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Classic Ads: The Art of Advertising
Ah, the golden age of illustration, when some of the most fabulous artwork can be found…in advertisements.
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Classic Covers: Romance of the Cowboy
From Hollywood actors to the weather-hardened real thing, cowboys have graced their fair share of Saturday Evening Post covers.
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Overnight Sensation
Appearing on a Saturday Evening Post cover could be a springboard to fame, and this Post cover features an eventual movie star.
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Classic Covers: A June Wedding
So many elements go into the making of a wedding: the cake, the music–even the proposal that starts the ball rolling. Decades of Post covers share the work and the joy.
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