Norman Rockwell's birthday - February 3rd

(Self-portrait. Feb. 13th, 1960.)

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades.
Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series (first Willie illustration shown at right, published 10-4-1941), Rosie the Riveter (Shown below), Saying Grace (1951), and the Four Freedoms series (below).
He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.













The Four Freedoms, or Four Essential Human Freedoms. Published on covers in 1943, Rockwell illustrated the concept taken from President Franklin Roosevelt's State of the Union address given in January of 1941.














Rosie the Riveter, May 29th, 1943. The iconic symbol of women in the workforce during World War II.

















The babysitter, Rockwell's very first published cover of the Saturday Evening Post. May 20th, 1916.









Teacher's Birthday, 1956.