Biografía del sueño americano: El arte de Norman Rockwell

A police officer and a bartender observe a child who has run away from home with the smile of an accomplice who also tried it at the time. The details of this painting reveal its setting, America. Of course, it is the America of the painter Norman Rockwell. Rockwell was an artist who collected the most intimate part of the American soul. That is why he allows us to witness an amazing American world. He was born in New York in 1894. With his covers for The Saturday Evening Post, Rockwell illustrated the life of the United States from 1916 to 1963. A journey through the great changes that America went through in the 20th century and a reflection of how they affected the citizens on foot. He portrayed the entire evolution of American history just in the period in which the United States became the great nation that we all know. An exhibition in Rome brings together more than 300 works of this well-known American illustrator until February. A look at his paintings is also enough to know what kind of person he was. In many paintings it is seen that he was very ingenious and also very ironic. Rockwell evolved at the same pace as the United States. In addition to showing his sweet face, he also portrayed in detail the growing social inequality and racial discrimination. All his paintings have become small prints of the American dream.