A magazine illustrator once commanded the national imagination with depictions of the week's top news stories. Although times have changed, these images created then continue to inspire and reflect our daily lives. Of all of the American illustrators, Norman Rockwell was the most prevalent. He created some of the most breathtaking images of American life and his works are unique in their style. It is this very characteristic style that is known to many and made him well loved even after many years.
             Rockwell was born in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York. (Source #2) From an early age, he knew he wanted to be an artist, and worked hard to achieve his goals. He enrolled at the age of 13 in the Chase School of Fine and Applied Art, in New York. However, this schooling was short lived, and by 15 he had dropped out of Chase to join the National Academy Art School as a full time student. (Source #2) After finishing high school he took on a position as an illustrator, working for the Boy's Life magazine. (Source #2) This job was extremely important to him, and throughout the course of his life he produced images for the Boy Scouts.
             He worked at Boy's Life for several years, but had bigger dreams. In 1916, after months of work on many images, submitted them to the Saturday Evening Post, an extremely prominent magazine at the time. Although only three images were published, they all made covers. This early life success prompted many other magazines to express interest in his work. (Source #2) Rockwell compounded his career's success with personal success, and was married in 1916. Unfortunately, around this same time, World War began for the United States, and Rockwell decided to join the navy. Always the skinny type, he worked hard to gain enough weight to be accepted into the navy. He eventually was accepted, but by that time the armistice had already been signed and Rockwell was free to leave. He returned to the Post, but m...