War News
Norman Rockwell1943-44
Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA
Stockbridge, MA, United States
Intended as a cover for The Saturday Evening Post cover but never completed, War News pictures a restaurant counterman and his customers, including a Western Union boy, a clerk, and a deliveryman, gathering to listen to a radio report. Norman Rockwell intended to paint in the actual headline of the January 17, 1944 Times Record on the newspaper lying on the counter. It would have read "�Invasion Plans At France Possible,�" part of the full title, �"Eisenhower Reports Invasion Plans Advanced; Blow at France Possible."� Rockwell decided not to submit War News to the Post, perhaps because it was hard to convey what the men were hearing or to make the newspaper headline discernible. He instead went on to create a second painting of a man charting war maneuvers.
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- Title: War News
- 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: 1943-44
- Physical Dimensions: w1143 x h1168.4 x d50.8 mm (With Frame)
- Ilustrator: Norman Rockwell
- Credit Line: War News, 1943-1944, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Oil on canvas Unpublished 41 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/2" Norman Rockwell Museum Collection
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Norman Rockwell Museum
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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