NORMAN ROCKWELL: A LIFE OF INSPIRATION
NORMAN ROCKWELL BEGAN WORKING FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST AT AGE 22. HE PAINTED 322 COVERS IN ALL, 6 OF WHICH YOU CAN SEE RECREATED IN VIGNETTE FORM HERE AT TOWN SQUARE LAS VEGAS. ROCKWELL'S PAINTING CAREER AT THE SATURDAY EVENING POST LASTED 47 YEARS AND HIS WORK STILL SERVES AS SYMBOL OF AMERICAN LIFE. FOR A UNIQUE HOLIDAY MEMENTO, MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE LIFE-SIZED MAGAZINE COVER CHARACTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT TOWN SQUARE LAS VEGAS. AT TOWN SQUARE LAS VEGAS WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE ROCKWELL'S VISION OF THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THIS SEASON.
 | CHRISTMAS 1920
THE JAZZ AGE AND THE START OF PROHIBITION OF THE ROARING 20'S CREATED AN EXCITEMENT IN AMERICANS THAT EXTENDED WELL THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. NORMAN ROCKWELL USED LOCAL RESIDENTS AS MODELS, PROPS AND COSTUMES TO SET THE SCENE AND CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF HAPPY CHILDREN CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS. IN THIS COVER, THE PRICELESS EXPRESSIONS ON THE FACES OF THE TWO BOYS BRINGS BACK THAT FEELING OF JOY AND REMINDS US OF THE TRUE MEANING OF THE HOLIDAYS.
|  | CHRISTMAS 1922
NORMAN ROCKWELL WAS A GREAT STORYTELLER AND HE DETAILED THE SCENES IN HIS PAINTINGS WITH CHARACTERS FULL OF LIFE AND RELATABLE STORIES. ROCKWELL PORTRAYED THE INCREDIBLE YEAR OF 1922 THROUGH THE LIFE OF SANTA AS HE BECOMES A BIT OVERWHELMED WITH THE APPROACHING HOLIDAY SEASON. WE QUICKLY UNDERSTAND HOW SANTA'S ELVES ARE TRYING TO HELP POOR SANTA GET READY FOR HIS BIG NIGHT AND CAN APPRECIATE HOW BUSY (AND FUN) CHRISTMAS CAN BECOME FOR ALL OF US.
|  | CHRISTMAS 1926
SANTA STUDIES THE GLOBE TO PLOT OUT HIS ROUTE ON CHRISTMAS EVE AS HE PREPARES TO CARRY AND DELIVER SOME OF THE EXCITING NEW INVENTIONS OF 1926 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. NORMAN ROCKWELL CREATED IMAGES OF WHAT CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA TRULY LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE. EVEN TODAY, DECADES LATER, HIS ARTWORK REMAINS A SYMBOL FOR THE SANTA WE ALL WANT TO KNOW, THE SANTA WHO IS HOPEFULLY PICKING OUR NAME OUT OF THE GOOD BOOK AND OUR HOUSE HE IS LOOKING TO FIND.
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IN THE DEPTHS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AMERICA STILL FOUND HOPE AND STRENGTH FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HIS DETERMINATION TO TURN THE COUNTRY AROUND. NORMAN ROCKWELL CREATED IMAGES THAT PORTRAYED THE BEST IN ALL OF US AND CHRISTMAS IS A GREAT TIME FOR THOSE QUALITIES TO SHINE THROUGH AND FOR A RENEWAL IN HOPE. THIS PAINTING SHOWS A GRANDFATHER AND HIS GRANDSON AS THEY SHARE IN THE JOY OF THE HOLIDAY BY TAKING A RIDE ON THIS WONDERFUL GIFT.
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| CHRISTMAS 1935
IN THIS YEAR OF DESPAIR IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AMERICANS STILL FORGED AHEAD AND TRIED TO FIND WAYS TO CELEBRATE AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS. IT LOOKS LIKE SANTA HAS GOTTEN AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF REQUESTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AS HE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO FILL ALL OF HIS ORDERS IN THIS CLASSIC NORMAN ROCKWELL HOLIDAY IMAGE. FANS WOULD LINE UP FOR HOURS JUST TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE NEW SATURDAY EVENING POST COVER, ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME, AND THIS COVER IN PARTICULAR HELPED TO BUILD EXCITEMENT FOR THE UPCOMING DAY.
|  | ROCKWELL SELF-PORTRAIT
NORMAN ROCKWELL CAPTURED MOMENTS OF LIFE IN AMERICA AND PAINTED A VISION OF WHAT HE THOUGHT LIFE SHOULD BE LIKE. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, HE MADE SEVERAL APPEARANCES ON THE COVERS OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. HERE, IN HIS FAMOUS PAINTING ENTITLED, "THE TRIPLE PORTRAIT," ROCKWELL PAINTS AN IMAGE OF WHO HE WANTS TO BE. IN IT, WE SEE HOW HE VIEWED HIMSELF AND HOW HE WANTED TO BE SEEN AS HE PAYS TRIBUTE TO VINCENT VAN GOGH AND REMBRANDT, TWO ARTISTS WHO INSPIRED HIM.
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Norman Rockwell Gallery
