Icons & Visionaries

Norman Rockwell

As one of the great illustrators of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell produced more than 4,000 original works ranging from covers for the Saturday Evening Post and Look magazine to advertisements to presidential portraits including this little sketch signed by him and his wife. Rockwell is most remembered for his patriotic images including FDR’s The Four Freedoms and his portrait of Ruby Bridges desegregating her school. In 1977, President Gerald Ford honored Rockwell with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.