{"id":101697,"date":"2012-12-23T10:50:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101697\/its-a-rockwell-christmas-simple-sunday\/"},"modified":"2012-12-23T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:50:08","slug":"its-a-rockwell-christmas-simple-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101697\/its-a-rockwell-christmas-simple-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s A Rockwell Christmas @ Simple Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Holiday greetings Poets!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Today we bring you an American favorite<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

for you poetic muse!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

We bring you the Christmas charm of artist<\/font>
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Norman Rockwell<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Norman Rockwell was born in New York City on February 3, 1894. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Talented at a young age, he received his first commission <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

at age 17.In 1916, he created the first of 321 covers for<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Saturday Evening Post<\/em>. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Rockwell’s Americana images were loved by the public, <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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but not embraced by critics. <\/font>He created World War II posters <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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He died on November 8, 1978.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Norman Rockwell thought of himself first and foremost a commercial illustrator. Hesitant to consider it art, he harbored deep insecurities about his work. What is unmistakable, however, is that Rockwell tapped into the nostalgia of a people for a time that was kinder and simpler. His ability to create visual stories that expressed the wants of a nation helped to clarify and, in a sense, create that nation\u2019s vision. His prolific career spanned the days of horse-drawn carriages to the momentous leap that landed mankind on the moon. While history was in the making all around him, Rockwell chose to fill his canvases with the small details and nuances of ordinary people in everyday life. Taken together, his many paintings capture something much more elusive and transcendent \u2014 the essence of the American spirit.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Let the art work below be the inspiration for you poetry today!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

L<\/font>et the spirit of these holidays<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

carry you along a poetic journey of<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Family fun and memories!<\/font><\/strong><\/font>
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I thank you for visiting and sharing with us here for<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Simple Sunday!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Please leave us your Heart <\/font>and comments!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Let us know if you Liked<\/font> today’s art!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to our time again<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

for sharing next week!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

One Summer Dream<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

~Cynthia~<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Holiday greetings Poets! Today we bring you an American favorite for you poetic muse! We bring you the Christmas charm of artist Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell was born in New York City on February 3, 1894. Talented at a young age, he received his first commission at age 17.In 1916, he created the first of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,14,44,21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-family","category-holidays","category-literature","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}