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
Photo Credit : Lori Pedrick
Photo Credit : Lori Pedrick
NORMAN ROCKWELL TRIVIA
100Years ago: Norman Rockwell’s first cover painting for the Saturday Evening Post, appearing May 20, 1916
322Number of covers Rockwell painted for the Saturday Evening Post
20,000Number of fan letters archived at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass.
4Freedoms 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
$3,500Rockwell’s Post fee for Saying Grace in 1951
22Rockwell’s age when hepublished his first cover for the Saturday Evening Post
4000Known artworks created by Norman Rockwell in his lifetime
998 Number of original paintings in the Rockwell Museum, site of the artist’s last studio
SeventeenNumber of studios Rockwell used (not including temporary studios)
Twenty-oneAverage number of days Rockwell needed to complete a painting
$46 million2013 Rockwell record sale price of Saying Grace