Famous Artist Study Series: Norman Rockwell

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This is the seventh post in our Famous Artist Series.


I have been having a lot of fun writing this Artist Study Series. Since we enjoy a Charlotte Mason style education, I have found that artist study is something that we like to incorporate in our weekly studies. In this series I have picked some of our favorite artists that we have studied in the past that I think you and your kids will enjoy learning about in your homeschool. This week we are learning about an American favorite: Norman Rockwell with free resources, printables and unit studies.

Norman Rockwell is a well-known American artist of the Modern Era in the 20th Century. He was born in New York in 1894. He has been drawing as a child and even left highschool to attend an art school. When he was only 18 years old he became the editor of Boys Life Magazine where his paintings were officially launched with Boy Scouts of America. He is most known for his paintings and drawings of everyday American life and his covers for The Saturday Evening Post. 

Biographies:

Norman Rockwell Biography from Biography.com
Biography of Norman Rockwell from The Saturday Evening Post
Norman Rockwell Printable Biography from Making Art Fun

Lesson Plans and Printables:

Norman Rockwell’s Perpetual Motion Notebooking Page from Homeschool Helper
Norman Rockwell Notebooking Pages for doing a picture study of any of his paintings from Homeschool Helper.
Norman Rockwell Wordsearch Worksheet from Making Art Fun
Norman Rockwell’s The Four Freedoms Lesson Plan from Dick Blick Art
Norman Rockwell and The Main Idea from One Room Schoolhouse
Design a Magazine Cover for The Saturday Evening Post from Making Art Fun
Norman Rockwell Printable from Teacher Vision
Norman Rockwell Self Portrait Chalk Art Tutorial from Hodge Podge 
Draw a Norman Rockwell Ispired Picture Lesson Plan from Education.com
FREE Norman Rockwell Art Lesson Plan from Harrington Harmonies
The Curriculum Lab from the Norman Rockwell Exhibit has free curriculum lesson plans for different paintings and studies on his collections.

Art Study:

See the complete covers of the Saturday Evening Post broken down by decade at The Saturday Evening Post.
Explore the world of Norman Rockwell with online digital experiences from the Norman Rockwell Museum.
View the entire collections of Norman Rockwell from the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Books to read while learning about Norman Rockwell:

Norman Rockwell (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American PeopleNorman Rockwell’s A Day in the Life of a BoyNorman Rockwell’s A Day in the Life of a GirlThe Saturday Evening Post Spot the Differences Picture Puzzles (Dover Children’s Activity Books)Norman Rockwell’s Counting BookNorman Rockwells Christmas Book