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'''Norman Percevel Rockwell''' (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) American illustrator best known for his covers for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Often associated with children or idyllic American life. His paintings have been [[Small Reference Pools|frequently homaged or parodied in popular culture.]]
== Homages to the art ==
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* "[[media:rockwell_want_8435.jpg|Freedom from Want]]": Homaged in ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', ''[[American Gangster]]'' as well as covers for JSA [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slzL0vHRjtY/Sw1C_H0QB8I/AAAAAAAABfw/fMT2GsTJtiI/s1600/JSA_54.jpg #54] and ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' [http://www.comicbookjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fantastic-four-564.jpg #564]{{Dead link}}
* "[[media:The_Shiner_2152.jpg|The Shiner]]": Homaged in ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
* "[[media:Norman-Rockwell-The-Discovery-275x300_748.jpg|Boy Discovering Santa Suit]]": Homaged in ''[[The Polar Express]]'' and a deleted scene from ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''
== Homages to the artist ==
* The setting of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' is named "Rockwell" after the artist.
* Norman Rockwell appears as a character in the ''[[
** [[George Lucas]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] are both fans and collectors of Rockwell's art; in 2010 the Smithsonian held [https://web.archive.org/web/20091008032145/http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2010/rockwell/ an exhibition] of works from their collections.
* Rockwell is shown painting the original Silk Spectre in the [[Watchmen (
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* [[Children Are Innocent]]
* [[Culture Equals Costume]]: "The Golden Rule"
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* [[Marilyn Maneuver]]: "The Cave of Winds"
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Look at a bunch of Rockwell's small town life paintings then see "Let’s Give Him Enough and On Time".
* [[Posthumous Collaboration]]: "[[Garfield]] Visits Rockwell," originally done for a Garfield calendar and now [http://www.zazzle.com/GarfieldandRockwell/ being merchandised].{{dead link}}
* [[POV Cam]]: Subjects in Rockwell's paintings are often seen from behind in this manner.
* [[Recurring Character|Recurring Characters]]: Willie Gillis during [[World War II]] on ''Saturday Evening Post'' covers; [http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/06/26/art-literature/artists-illustrators/illustrator-norman-rockwell/norman-rockwells-cousin-reginald.html Cousin Reginald] on ''The Country Gentlemen'' covers.
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** Even his civil rights paintings were optimistic that America was doing the right thing desegregating schools and neighborhoods.
* [[Something Completely Different]]: Rockwell did several [[April Fools' Day]] covers for the ''Post'' which were essentially visual puzzles inviting the reader to spot the many "errors" contained therein.
** A number of his later ''Post'' covers were simple portraits of well-known figures including [[Richard M Nixon]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Alex Ross is cited as "The Norman Rockwell of Comics". Illustrator C.F. Payne's back cover paintings for ''Reader's Digest'' have also been frequently compared to Rockwell's work.
** Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light[[
** [[Frank Capra]], though more a contemporary than a successor, could be seen as filmdom's answer to Rockwell.
* [[Sweetheart Sipping]]: [http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/images/1921-Norman-Rockwell-Crush-advertisement-Orange-Crush-An-Orange-Crush-350-Digimarc.jpg This Orange Crush advertisement].
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