Norman Rockwell By Joe Moxon

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Norman RockwellBy Joe Moxon
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• Without thinking too much about specific
  terms, I was showing the America I knew and
  observed to others who might not have noticed.

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Early Life

• Born in New York City in 1894
• At age 14 he enrolled in The New York School of
  art,(formerly The Chase School of Art.)
• Was always small in stature and was picked on for
  not being good at sports.
• He always loved painting.

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Personal Life

• Later in 1930 he married Mary Barstow, a school
  teacher.
• In 1916 Rockwell married Irene OConnor, they
  divorced in 1930
• Had one son, Thomas Rockwell
• In 1959, His wife and son both died.

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Later Life

• 1n 1960, Rockwell published his autobiography,
  My adventures as an illustrator
• In 1961 he married a woman named Molly Punderson,
  a retired teacher.
• He died in his home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
  on November 8, 1978, at age 84

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The End