About Norman Rockwell

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Norman Percevel Rockwell
  • Biography

    The following is by Mary Moline. She is the author of the Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia, the first chronological catalog of the artist's work, published in 1978 by The Curtis Publishing Company and author of six editions of the Norman Rockwell Collectibles Value Guide.

    Mr. Rockwell began his illustrious career with immediate success when he painted Christmas cards, for his first commission, at age sixteen, and illustrated his first book one year later. Aglow with success, the determined young man signed his name in blood, swearing never to do advertising jobs. He kept that promise until his first known advertisement for H. J. Heinz Company, Pork'n Beans, appeared in the 1914 edition of the Boy Scout Handbook

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