personal life
professional life
Norman, the artist
Vocabulary
Potluck
100
Where was he born?
New York City
100
What was one of his student jobs?
delivering the news paper, giving art lessons or drawing illustrations
100
What was he really good at school?
Drawing
100
What's the name of the means of transport that is attached by a cable?
A trolley
100
What 3 colours were used in the Post covers?
black white red
200
Who read Oliver Twist to him?
His father
200
Why did the Post double his salary?
He turned down an offer from another magazine
200
How much time before his death did he paint his last piece of art?
6 months
200
Pronounce: a photographer and a photograph
photOgrapher phOtograph
200
How much did he pay his models for posing for him?
2$
300
What classes did he take in NY?
art classes
300
What was the name of the first cover of the Post?
Salutation
300
What kind of drawing did he start with when drawing a POst cover?
Charcoal drawings
300
How do you say BOITER?
to limp
300
Who started the Saturday Evening Post?
Benjamin Franklin
400
How many times was he married?
3 times
400
He stopped painting models after 25 years. What technique did he use to illustrate his covers?
He asked a photographer to take dozens of photos and he would choose the best one and then make the illustrations by looking at the photos.
400
What national event did he illustrate?
The Civil Right's movement
400
What is an easel?
The object where you put your painting on to pain
400
What did the US Treasury department use the money of the cover of The Four Freedoms for?
to finance war
500
Where can you find most of his paintings now?
In the Norman Rockwell Museum in VERMONT (state North East of the US above NY)
500
What's the name of the painting where he used himself as a model by looking in the mirror?
The triple Self-Portrait
500
How many Saturday Evening Post covers did he illustrate?
Over 300
500
How do you call a brilliant idea? (une aubaine)
a bonanza
500
Can you list the 4 Freedoms?
Freedom of worship, speech. Freedom from want and fear
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