Norman Rockwell Research Paper

I chose to write about Van Gogh because he is my favourite historical figure and is an inspiration to me on many levels. I have studied and read about Van Gogh ever since about seventh grade, and never once stopped admiring his work and personality, apart from his fascinating life. For me, to write a paper about him would be very interesting and I hope to learn more about his life and career than I knew before. Some difficulties I may encounter would include not knowing for sure most of the details, and trusting mostly on books and papers written after his death.

Norman Rockwell’s achievements are numerous and great. Norman illustrated magazine covers for The Saturday Evening Post for nearly 50 years (317 total). Norman illustrated calendars until he died in 1978. He painted posters that dealt with the four freedoms. In 1977, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is a medal that is awarded by the president for “meritorious contribution” (American Masters).

Vincent Van Gogh did not become famous until after his death at the age of 37 in July of 1890. He was born in March of 1853. Van Gogh would be known as a troublesome boy who kept to himself and went on long walks through the country side. His mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Father Theodorus (Dorus) Van Gogh struggled to understand their eldest son, this constant struggle would shape their relationship and Van Gogh’s life for years to come.

In 1853 Vincent Van Gogh was born into a loving family. He got everything he wanted from his parents, since he was an only child. His dad worked for an oil company. He was a manager and wasn’t around very much. His mom on the other hand didn’t work and was with Vincent all the time. By the time he was 10 years old, his dad moved his family to France so they could have a better life.

How would it feel to live your life as a failure, but after your death be praised by all? The real Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who had nothing and gave up on life. Many people viewed him as a tenacious and mysterious artist. He died a tragic death feeling like an artistic failure due to a couple of reasons. The first reason was because there were no cures for the mental problems, such as depression, insanity, and epilepsy, that ran in the family. Because of his depression, he felt like an artistic failure, not knowing the fame he would later gain. Van Gogh died as an unknown artist with little money and no cure for an issue that was common throughout his family.

Around 1890, an artist by the name of Vincent Van Gogh who present day is one of the most renowned artists created magnificent, yet mysterious drawings which he started with just a pencil. From his pencil drawings with lines and dashes to the beautiful variations with using paint, Vincent was a genius, but was never congratulated on his work until later. Even as he was pronounced crazy, he could still create beautiful works of art which shows how even a flower can bloom in a dark forest. As his life was slowly being painted on canvas from the years of solitude and psychiatric problems he finally killed himself which a couple years later brought up his artwork through his own suicide.

The abstract expressionist whose work I admire the most is the work of Jackson Pollock. He was born on January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. “He was an influential American Painter, and the leading force behind the abstract expressionist movement in the art world” (Barbara Moore). When Pollock was 8, his father, who was an abusive alcoholic, left the family, and Pollock's older brother, Charles, became like a father to him. While the family was living in Los Angeles, Pollock discovered his passion for art.

They would often display the everyday person lifestyle and the relationships between the young and the elderly. His most famous works “Four Freedoms” were reproduced in four consecutive issues of The Saturday Evening Post collecting a total of $130 million for the war effort. Alas, with great success comes failure because in 1943 Rockwell lost his Arlington Studio and many of his historical collections to a fire. In spite of that Rockwell continued his work into the better part of the next decade thus showcasing his worthiness as a successful artist.

It’s hard to come up with one overarching definition of genius as there are many different types of geniuses and intelligences. There can be intellectual geniuses, such as Neil deGresse Tyson, musical geniuses, such as Mozart, or even kinesthetic geniuses, such as Michael Phelps. To be a genius one must excel and be influential in their particular type of intelligence. A genius should also be remembered for their work. Many people could fit my definition of intelligence but one person that really exemplifies this definition is Vincent van Gogh.

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. A madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad” (Salvador Dali Quotes). Salvador Dali, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, seemed to be a madman when it came to his art and his appearance, and he absolutely embraced it. Dali went against the grain from a very young age.

To begin, I think it would be best for a community donor to build an art school.Many teen and young children can come together and teach each other things.Teens can be leaders to younger children for a change.Not just showing them that it okay to do certain things and go down the wrong path.Alot of children have a creative side in them that why i thinks in art school is best for them.

D. G. Rossetti was born into an intellectual family; his father was a Dante scholar, and his mother, a trained governess. D. G. Rossetti trained as both a painter and poet, studying painting with Ford Madox Brown, the father of novelist Ford Madox Ford. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 and published several of his poems in its journal The Germ.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452. He was born in Tuscan, a hill town of Vinci which was located in the lower part of the Amo River. The Amo River was found in the republic of Florence. Da Vinci was born by a peasant woman by the name of Catarina. Leonardo’s father, Piero da Vinci, was a lawyer. Da Vinci learned and studied skills at an early age thanks to a Florentine painter named Verrocchio. Leonardo received great education from this man like chemistry, metal working, plaster casting, leather working, and mechanics. Leonardo succeed so well, that his mentor, Verrocchio, after seeing a painting done by da Vinci (The Baptism of Christ), just walked away from art. Da Vinci was first recognized when a peasant that

In the year of 1840 little did France, let alone the world, know that it was a year to be put in the history books. On this beautiful year a man of great recognition in the art world was born. The founding father of Impressionism, Claude Monet. He had been a painter of a new style. One of his paintings titled “Across the Meadow” was simply one of the art pieces among a multitude of other phenomenal impressionist works he had completed.

Van Gogh created more than 43 self-portraits between 1885 and 1889.[231][note 13] They were usually completed in series, such as those painted in Paris in mid-1887, and continued until shortly before his death.[232] Generally the portraits were studies, created during introspective periods when he was reluctant to mix with others, or when he lacked models, and so painted himself.[222][233]