[EviLToYLeT]

Hey guys. Was sitting in my spanish class today when the teacher started showing a few slides on a magazine called The Post. She showed us the cover, and they were all done by an artist called Norman Rockwell. I think his work is absolutely fantastic. Do a search for it on the web. n

[LethargicBoy]

yeah, Norman Rockwell is awesome...my grandparents have a whole bunch of books with his art and i always looked at em when i was a kid...

[RobT]

Norman Rockwell did some nice stuff! Trully a master.Check out some more modern day artists like Brom, Jeff Easly, Larry Elmore andKeith Parkinson and of course Frazetta, Boris and Giger.

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[EviLToYLeT]

MAybe it's just me.... but I took a look at a lot of paintings by assorted artists and their images all seem to have some kind of grainy feel to them... is this a style? Or is it just bad scanning?

[samdragon]

Your joking right? Well, I personally am very glad to see people getting inspired by Rockwell and his illustrations.
There are some very VERY nice books on Rockwell,so check them out if you get a chance. His biography is very interesting.

[RobT]

If you looked at the artists I mentioned then the scans of their artwork must be bad bacause all of these guys rock

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[garthmidgley]

Not to mention Bisley. I don't know how many people have seen it as it's a little harder to find, but Bisley's ink work on ABC Warriors is truly something to behold. Brings a tear to my eye. That grainy feel ... canvas ??? Could that be what you're talking about.

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[Flexible Elf]

I think I saw a Norman Rockwell painting of a family tree that branched out but met again at the top.. erie :\

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[Sumaleth]

A couple of weeks ago I bought a book collection of every single cover he did for papers and magazines! It's 50cm x 35cm and 5cm thick (2 inches). It's a massive book but the image quality is excellent.

(and I already had 3 other Rockwell books, love his stuff)

Row.

[shinji69]

Personally, I don't like Norman Rockwell because his paintings look so....stale. And compositions of his paintings are very uninteresting. I'd pick Al Parker, Albert Dorne and other Chicago Art Institute alumnae like Andrew Loomis and so on. As a matter of fact, Rockwell paintings are more like rendering from photos. Subject matters and atmosphere are way too stale and conservative for me.

[Tinusch]

I thought EVERYONE had heard of Norman Rockwell. Crazy uncultured kids... ehh... *mutter, grumble*

[Fred Flick Stone]

Uh shinji-did you say his paintings are too stale, and the compositions are boring? You got any Rockwells lying around that can give this example? I just went to his show down here in San Diego yesterday, 72 paintings, and there were only 3 that I can say were like this. Oh, and they were all made before he was 20. Everything else beyond that is, well, um, pure genius. If you can find any Rockwellian looking bloke, besides Jim Carrie, then give me there numbers. There is no such a person. Why? He made them larger than life. Each one of his characters. If you look carefully, you wont find a fold or detail out of place with some of the finest composition to date. He didn't let the photos dictate his art, he manipulated the photos to make his paintings. All his work started with roughs from the head, and then he placed models in pose to further accent on the accuracy of what life can offer. Then, he tweaked the hell out of everything till he got what he was looking for.
I think it is cool that you don't like Rockwell, but don't state things wrongly to justify your cause. It is like saying that my politican I am voting for is right because he is the most honest guy in America...yeah right, like there is one...
You come from an action first generation, the reason these images might feel boring to you is because no one is shooting anyone else, there is no sex, no violence, and no pissed off people. These images go with another time period when things were less chaotic.
I guess my point is, do not discredit one of the greats because of your own ideals of what might be right in todays day and age without first looking deeper into it. I think that there is more to learn from Rockwell than you will ever get out of any artist alive today, including Spooge and Alex Ross, etc. None of us have what Rockwell had instructionally, because there is no one that good living anymore, save Mcginnis.
I garuntee if you have seen an original Rockwell in person, you would eat all the words you spouted, I did, and I have always admired the guys work. But it is so much more now, and more every time I go back to see them. I have tickets to his show 38 in all till the end of the display in December. I plan on using every one of them, and more. Any time a biggun is exhibited, it is absolutely worth while to repeatedly go back and take it all in. These guys had what it takes, learn what you can from them, they are valuable tools for us...that is all...

[AndreCorrea]

I think Rockwell's stuff its good, he did alot of social coment and some of his work is "dark" although the painting isn't literaly dark, its just the message. I have to say however that my favorite work comes from the Renaissance, I love the old masters, especially Michaelangelo. I love the way he drew, sculpted, and painted, especially the hands. Everything is in a state of action and it is so expressive. Amazing.

[subliminal]

rendering from photos?!!!
it's true that he used references, but who doesn't?! if you look at his prints in a bit larger scale, you will find bruch strokes. may be i am taking your words to literally...
arcadia is only two hours away from san diego, you should really get out there and check out the exhibit.

[Danny]

Somebody hand Fred a tissue..
easy ol' boy..



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[shinji69]

Oh...Ok.

I admit that I am from action first generation, and my background is in fact from comicbook illustration. So I am inclined to see more 'motions' and more dynamic 'camera angles'.