Gene Boyer: Norman Rockwell Portrait

Artist: Gene Boyer

Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 8.5 by 9.5 inches
Overall Size: 15 by 16.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic on Cold Press Illustration Board

"My studio has been likened to a factory; my product has been described as corn! " Despite Norman Rockwell's tongue-in-cheek reference to his work, he was one of the best-loved and most prolific American artists of his time. Rockwell was a skilled illustrator capable of combining lighting, composition, mood and caricature to authentically portray 20th century life in America. In 1916, while working as an art director at a boy's magazine, 21-year-old Rockwell was urged by a co-worker to submit some of his sketches to The Saturday Evening Post. Initially overwhelmed at the thought of approaching such a prestigious publication, he eventually conquered his fears and brought his samples to the magazine's art editor. To the young man's astonishment his work was accepted on the spot, starting a relationship that would last an amazing 47 years. During his lengthy association with the Post Rockwell created some of his most memorable paintings, often using neighbors as models to depict the "common man." A stickler for authenticity, the artist was known to frequent antique shops and auctions to acquire just the right element for a particular illustration. Rockwell's remarkable attention to detail is evident in all of his works which were crafted with the same sensitivity and realism that the artist put into his more than 321 Post covers.

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