Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime. Most of his works are either in public collections, or have been destroyed in fire or other misfortunes. Rockwell also was commissioned to illustrate more than 40 books, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as well as painting the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon

Gallery

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.

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)