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Norman Rockwell

1894 - 1978

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Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Rockwell has received more than 4,686,295 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Norman Rockwell is the 276th most popular painter (up from 281st in 2019), the 869th most popular biography from United States (down from 836th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Painter.

Norman Rockwell is most famous for his paintings of American life, many of which appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Norman Rockwell ranks 276 out of 1,421Before him are Philippe de Champaigne, Jacques Callot, Balthus, Martin Schongauer, Paul Delaroche, and James Tissot. After him are Félicien Rops, Carlo Crivelli, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Jacopo Bassano, Joachim Patinir, and Félix Vallotton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Norman Rockwell ranks 33Before him are Kiichiro Toyoda, Wilhelm Bittrich, Alexander Oparin, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Satyendra Nath Bose, and Arthur Nebe. After him are Karl Böhm, Fyodor Tolbukhin, Otto Grotewohl, Heinrich Lübke, Paul Blobel, and Josef von Sternberg. Among people deceased in 1978, Norman Rockwell ranks 28Before him are Willy Messerschmitt, Harold Lasswell, John Cazale, Harry Martinson, Houari Boumédiène, and Claude François. After him are W. Eugene Smith, Herta Oberheuser, Jomo Kenyatta, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, and Harvey Milk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Rockwell ranks 869 out of 18,182Before him are Robert Venturi (1925), James Woods (1947), Linda Hamilton (1956), Linda Hunt (1945), Karl Malden (1912), and Irwin Rose (1926). After him are William Kemmler (1860), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Mel Brooks (1926), Solomon Northup (1808), Jack Palance (1919), and Lex Barker (1919).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Norman Rockwell ranks 7Before him are Jackson Pollock (1912), Mary Cassatt (1844), Edward Hopper (1882), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Man Ray (1890), and Margaret Keane (1927). After him are James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Grandma Moses (1860), Lyonel Feininger (1871), and Bob Ross (1942).