Gender | Male |
---|---|
Weekday | Saturday |
Date | Feb. 3, 1894 |
Time | 2 a.m. |
Daylight Saving | No |
City | New York City, New York, United States |
Geo-location | 40ºN42'51.37", |
Timezone | America/New_York |
City | New York City, New York, United States |
---|---|
Timezone | America/New_York |
Time (America/New_York) | Feb. 03, 1894, 02:03:58 AM |
---|---|
Time (UTC) | Feb. 03, 1894, 07:00:00 AM |
Time (LMT) | Feb. 03, 1894, 02:03:59 AM |
Time (Julian) | 2412862.79166667 |
LMT Correction | -4.9336 Hrs |
Ayanmsha | True Chitra - 22º21'56.53" |
American illustrator famous for his portraits of American life. Born to a businessman and his wife, Norman was sketching from the time he was young. By age 17 he had produced illustrations for published children's books. He became a free-lancer and at age 22 sold his first cover to Saturday Evening Post, published on May 20, 1916. The highly-circulated magazine and its readers could not get enough of him and he would go on to produce several hundred more covers. He became a well-paid artist whose portraits of American family life were realistic and romanticized both,many of them nostalgic for simpler times. In addition to his magazine illustrations he provided drawings for editions of Mark Twain's beloved coming-of-age stories about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. His "Four Freedoms" posters created during WWII, raised nearly $140 million through sales of war bonds. He married Irene O'Connor in 1916 but they divorced in 1928. On April 17, 1930 he married Mary Barstow. In 1953 with their three sons, the couple moved to Stockbridge, MA. Mary died in 1959. A year later he published his autobiography "My Adventures as an Illustrator." On October 25, 1961, he married again, this time to Mary Punderson (nicknamed Molly). In 1963 he left the Saturday Evening Post and joined the creative staff of "Look" magazine. His illustrations kept up with the times and he documented the Civil Rights movement in some of his pieces. President Gerald Ford awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. He died the following year, on November 8, 1978, in Stockbridge, MA. Rockwell was 84.
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Published/Released |
May 20, 1916 |
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 20 May 1916 (First Saturday Evening Post cover) . |
2 |
Published/Released |
Jan. 1, 1960 |
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1960 (Autobiography) |
3 |
Prize |
Jan. 1, 1977 |
Work : Prize 1977 (Presidential Medal of Freedom) |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Marriage |
Jan. 1, 1916 |
Relationship : Marriage 1916 (First marriage) |
2 |
Divorce |
Jan. 1, 1928 |
Relationship : Divorce dates 1928 (From first wife) |
3 |
Marriage |
Oct. 25, 1961 |
Relationship : Marriage 25 October 1961 (To Molly Punderson) . |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Partner Death |
Jan. 1, 1959 |
Death of Mate 1959 (Second wife, Mary Barstow) |
2 |
Unspecified |
Nov. 1, 1978 |
Death, Cause unspecified 8 November 1978 (In Stockbridge, MA, age 84) . |