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Norman Rockwell

1894 - 1978

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Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, the Four Freedoms series, Saying Grace, and The Problem We All Live With. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Rockwell is the 408th most popular painter (down from 370th in 2019), the 1,555th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,200th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Painter.

Norman Rockwell is most famous for his paintings of American life, many of which appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

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Among painters, Norman Rockwell ranks 408 out of 2,023. Before him are Giambattista Pittoni, Joseph Kosuth, Georg Baselitz, Oskar Schlemmer, Domenico Veneziano, and Maarten van Heemskerck. After him are Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Koloman Moser, Lorenzo Monaco, Michael Wolgemut, Federico Zuccari, and Robert Rauschenberg.

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Among people born in 1894, Norman Rockwell ranks 48. Before him are Elisabeth of Romania, Nazli Sabri, Walter Brennan, Sergey Ilyushin, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, and Kōnosuke Matsushita. After him are Paul Blobel, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bessie Smith, Leo Kanner, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, and Anton Mussert. Among people deceased in 1978, Norman Rockwell ranks 43. Before him are Shozo Tsugitani, József Bozsik, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, Étienne Gilson, and Claude François. After him are Ida Noddack, Charles Boyer, Musa al-Sadr, Keith Moon, Hannah Höch, and Giovanni Gronchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Rockwell ranks 1,555 out of 20,380. Before him are Dr. Dre (1965), Vincente Minnelli (1903), Mark Margolis (1939), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Sonny Liston (1932), and Janet Yellen (1946). After him are John Zorn (1953), Norman Lloyd (1914), John Backus (1924), Linda Harrison (1945), Tess Gerritsen (1953), and Richard Smalley (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Norman Rockwell ranks 10. Before him are Mary Cassatt (1844), Edward Hopper (1882), Man Ray (1890), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), and Joseph Kosuth (1945). After him are Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Richard Serra (1939), Grant Wood (1891), John La Farge (1835), and Frank Stella (1936).

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