U.S. Army Teaches a Trade (G.I. Telegrapher)
Norman Rockwell1919
Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA
Stockbridge, MA, United States
Norman Rockwell's image of a G.I. telegrapher was meant to promote one of the benefits of military service: Army training would prepare a soldier with skills needed to get a job upon return to civilian life.
This painting was one of several which Rockwell completed in the style of his friend and fellow Saturday Evening Post illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker. Well-known for advertising images commissioned by Arrow Shirt Collars, and House of Kuppenheimer, Leyendecker's deliberately thick, visible brushstrokes were emulated by Rockwell in this work. The inclusion of a border with related thematic insignias was also a motif which Leyendecker regularly employed.
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- Title: U.S. Army Teaches a Trade (G.I. Telegrapher)
- Creator Lifespan: Feb. 3,1894 - Nov. 8, 1978
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Stockbridge, MA
- Creator Birth Place: New York City
- Date Created: 1919
- Physical Dimensions: w736.6 x h482.6 x d50.8 mm (With Frame)
- Illustrator: Norman Rockwell
- Credit Line: U.S. Army Teaches a Trade, 1919, Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) Oil on canvas Painting for United States Army recruiting poster, 1919 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 2" Norman Rockwell Museum Collection
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Norman Rockwell Museum
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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