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Rockwell Video Minute: Swimming Hole
In 1945, Norman Rockwell painted a salesman taking a mid-day dip. Twenty-five years later, he revisited the same spot, but things had taken an ugly turn.
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I never knew there were any Rockwell videos, but now that I know, it appears I have some watching to do. I have always enjoyed all the Rockwell paintings, now I’m hoping to enjoy all the videos. The “before & after” concept of “The Swimming Hole” had quite an impact. What was once a heavenly little piece on Earth became a disaster zone. It would be nice if there was follow up of that scene in 2023. Thank you for sharing all these pics & videos.
Really enjoyed this insightful video of kind of an overlooked Rockwell classic. It was unusual in the fact it had an updating done by Rockwell to the same locale 25 years later, showing what the ravages of time and pollution had done to the idyllic country swimming hole; rendering it nearly unrecognizable.
I’m sorry it was never fully completed, but enough was to get the sad picture’s impact. I recall seeing the then and now pictures of it in a mid-70’s issue of the Post when my parents had re-subscribed to it again after the hiatus. There were other updates in that one also, actually. Well, it’s in a safe box in my storage I’ll have to get out again.