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Norman Rockwell · Life in Weeks

America's most beloved illustrator, his idealized depictions of everyday American life graced 323 covers of The Saturday Evening Post. Later in his career he turned to more socially engaged subjects including civil rights.

1894–1978 American Illustrator 4,422 weeks (85 Years)

Norman Rockwell: 4,422 weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

4,422
Total Weeks
30,954
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
85
Years

Key Milestones

Age 22 · Week ~1,144

Painted his first Saturday Evening Post cover, Boy with Baby Carriage

Age 49 · Week ~2,548

Painted the Four Freedoms series for The Saturday Evening Post

Age 49 · Week ~2,548

Painted Rosie the Riveter as a tribute to women workers in WWII industry

Age 69 · Week ~3,588

Left The Saturday Evening Post to begin a more politically engaged period at Look

Age 70 · Week ~3,640

Painted The Problem We All Live With, depicting Ruby Bridges entering a desegregated school

Age 83 · Week ~4,316

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford

Legacy

Painted Rosie the Riveter, the Four Freedoms series during World War II, and The Problem We All Live With, a civil rights image of Ruby Bridges. The Four Freedoms paintings toured to raise over 130 million dollars in war bonds.

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