Norman Rockwell Trivia | New England By The Numbers
Did you know that it took an average of twenty-one days for Norman Rockwell to complete a painting? Learn more tidbits and Norman Rockwell trivia.
By Julia Shipley|Jun 01 2016|
Norman Rockwell's Studio
Credit: Lori Pedrick
Credit: Lori Pedrick
NORMAN ROCKWELL TRIVIA
100
Years ago: Norman Rockwell’s first cover painting for the Saturday Evening Post, appearing May 20, 1916
322
Number of covers Rockwell painted for the Saturday Evening Post
20,000
Number of fan letters archived at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass.
4
Freedoms Rockwell depicted in his famous series (from fear, from want, of speech, of worship)
$133,000,000
Raised for war bonds during an exhibition of the Four Freedoms paintings
$3,500
Rockwell’s Post fee for Saying Grace in 1951
22
Rockwell’s age when he published his first cover for the Saturday Evening Post
4000
Known artworks created by Norman Rockwell in his lifetime
998
Number of original paintings in the Rockwell Museum, site of the artist’s last studio
Seventeen
Number of studios Rockwell used (not including temporary studios)
Twenty-one
Average number of days Rockwell needed to complete a painting
$46 million
2013 Rockwell record sale price of Saying Grace
MORE NORMAN ROCKWELL
Tour of Norman Rockwell’s Studio in Stockbridge, MA
Visit to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Norman Rockwell Museum
