Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. He was a prolific artist, producing over 4,000 original works in his lifetime. Most of his works are either in public collections, or have been destroyed in fire or other misfortunes. Rockwell's work was dismissed by serious art critics in his lifetime. Many of his works appear overly sweet in modern critics' eyes, especially the Saturday Evening Post covers, which tend toward idealistic or sentimentalized portrayals of American life; this has led to the often-deprecatory adjective Rockwellesque. Consequently, Rockwell is not considered a serious painter by some contemporary artists, who often regard his work as bourgeois and kitsch.
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