Freedom from fear

This document is an oil painting by Norman Rockwell called « Freedom from fear ».

It’s a painting which is painted in 1943. On this painting, we can see 2 childrens sleeping in a bed, with a woman just above them. A man with a newspaper in his hands who is standing is looking at the childrens. All of this scene takes place in a bedroom with blue wallpaper and a blue ground. On the ground, we can see a doll, and maybe just next to the doll, a black luggage which is open. In 1943, the world is in the middle of the second world war, and the parents are just looking to the childrens, who don’t know about the horror in the world. They are just sleeping in peace, and the parents perhaps don’t thinking about the war when they look their children, but actually, they are afraid.

Corentin Verhaeghe