Norman Rockwell Autograph and Colorized Photograph Portrait

N.P., N.D.. Fine. Norman Rockwell Autograph and Colorized Photograph Portrait, Norman Rockwell, N.P., N.D., 7.5 x 10 inches.

Both autograph and colorized photo of Norman Rockwell in matboard; the two pieces of matboard have been pasted together. Strong signature; nice pale gray marbled mat; fine condition. Signature reads "sincerely Norman Rockwell" in blue-gray ink.

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was a renowned American painter and illustrator, producing over 4,000 original works, which still have much popular appeal due to their depiction of United States culture and everyday life. Rockwell created many cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, illustrated more than 40 books, and painted portraits of several presidents and foreign dignitaries. Some of his most well-known paintings include Rosie the Riveter, the Willie Gillis series, The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. Rockwell's work was dismissed as not being a "serious painter" by some critics and contemporaries due to his idealized or "banal" portrayals of American life. He has been called an illustrator instead of an artist by critics, though he did not mind this distinction, as that is how he referred to himself.