Boy With Baby Carriage
Magazine cover
By: Norman Rockwell
Date: 1916
Source: Saturday Evening Post
About the Author: Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) was born in Manhattan, New York. His father, a textile company executive, liked to draw for amusement, so young Norman grew up in a home where art was a part of everyday life. Rockwell began art classes at age 14 at the New York School of Art. He left high school to pursue art studies full time, and went on to study at the Art Students League with Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman. Here he learned the techniques that would make him a success. By sixteen, Rockwell was painting Christmas cards on commission. He worked for Boys' Life as a teenager as well. When he was twenty-one, Rockwell moved from Manhattan to New Rochelle, N.Y. He continued to paint for magazines such as Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman. In 1916, he...
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