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The Problem We All Live With – in 2011, this painting was displayed in the White House when President Barack Obama met the subject, Ruby Bridges, at age 56.
Norman Rockwell
Major Work
- We, Too, Have a Job to Do (1944)
- Going and Coming (1947)
- Tough Call (also known as Game Called Because of Rain, Bottom of the Sixth, or The Three Umpires; 1948)
- The New Television Set (1949)
- Saying Grace (1951)
- Waiting for the Vet (1952)
- The Young Lady with a Shiner (1953)
- Walking to Church (1953)
- Girl at Mirror (1954)
- Breaking Home Ties (1954)
- The Marriage License (1955)
- The Scoutmaster (1956)
- The Rookie (1957)
- The Runaway (1958)
- A Family Tree (1959)
- Triple Self-Portrait (1960)
- Golden Rule (1961)
- The Connoisseur (1962)
- The Problem We All Live With (1964)
- Southern Justice (Murder in Mississippi) (1965)
- New Kids in the Neighborhood (1967)
- Russian Schoolroom (1967)
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The Problem We All Live With
Norman Rockwell
In his later years, however, Rockwell began receiving more attention as a painter when he chose more serious subjects such as the series on racism for Look magazine. One example of this more serious work is “The Problem We All Live With”, which dealt with the issue of school racial integration. The painting depicts a young black girl, Ruby Bridges, flanked by white federal marshals, walking to school past a wall defaced by racist graffiti.
