Barbershop Quartet #2
by Norman Rockwell
Title
Barbershop Quartet #2
Artist
Norman Rockwell
Medium
Painting - Painting
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Barbershop Quartet by Norman Rockwell
Barbershop Quartet by Norman Rockwell - September 26, 1936
For Rockwell, nostalgia has always been a valid sentiment, and he has never been shy of exploiting its hold on the general public. When he painted this piece he was recalling an era that was already almost half a century in the past. That era may not have been quite as innocent and uncomplicated as he chose to portray it but he convinces us of its reality by making the four singers seem so real. We can almost hear their voices as they harmonize some old favorite--- “Down by the Old Mill Stream” perhaps --- and this, in turn, evokes for us the clatter of the horse-drawn buses and wagons on the cobbled streets outside the barbershop.
The fact that he works from live models and photographs of real people is an important feature of Rockwell’s art. The authenticity of his character studies gives the authority to the worlds he has chosen to evoke, whether he is casting an ironic glance at the contemporary scene of looking at the past through rose-colored glasses.
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. He also is noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations. These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster, A Scout is Reverent, and A Guiding Hand among many others.
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