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Thanksgiving by Norman Rockwell

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This document is an oil painting by Norman Rockwell entitled « Freedom for want » it was painted in 1943. Today this painting is exposed in Norman Rockwell Museum, in Massachussets.

Norman Rockwell was born in New York city in 1894 and he is dead in november 1978. Its an American illustrator. He’s famous to have illustrated

the covers of « Saturday Evening post » magazine.

The scene takes place in a dining room. We can see a family sitting around a table. A grandmother brings a big turkey in the middle of the table.

A beautiful table is laden with a white tablecloth and beautiful dishes.

Salt and pepper shakers are put in the center of the table. Fruits are also put. Our gaze is drawn towards the turkey that lies in a middle of this painting. The turkey of a bright colour ( golden ) brings out on the whiteness of the tablecloth. We can assume that this family is rather wealthy.

All ages are represented in this painting. An elderly couple invites probably to dinner his children and grandchidren for thanksgiving .

They look happy because they smile. Members of this family look very agree among themselves. The painting shows a happy and a close-knit family and seems to be a model family in the United States who celebrates thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is a christian festive day celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States . Its the day where we thank god by prayers. Today, americans celebrate this day during a family meal where they eat traditionally turkey.

The problem we all live with (+ Christmas Bonus)

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Dear students,

here are the notes about Rockwell’s painting:

TYPE OF DOCUMENT PAINTING INTERPRETATION
ORIGIN 1964 School segregation has just been abolished by law
COMPOSITION A middle shot with a central character
SETTING AND CHARACTERS The scene takes place on a pavement.

The central character, a young African American girl, dressed in white (socks, skirt, shoes) is going to school. She is holding a school book, pens, a ruler. She is walking decisively, with her head up, past a wall stained with tomato and a racist graffiti ‘niggers’ and a reference to the kkk. She is flanked by 4 white federal marshals, who are wearing grey or brown uniforms with a yellow armband saying ‘ deputy US marshal’. The girl is rather small whereas the men look proportionally like giants. She is protected by the police because angry people , who are opposed to school integration, don”t want her to enter school.

 The white colour suggests innocence.

The red of tomato draws our attentions and first suggests blood.

The inscription help us understand how Ruby may have felt as she entered the school guarded by the marshals.

The painter wants to dramatize the situation.

This is a commited painting.

NR wanted to show/ emphasize the stupidity and unfairness of racism.

I wish you a wonderful Christmas!

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Homework for Tuesday 9th

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Dear students,

here is the painting by Norman Rockwell you have to analyse for next Tuesday:

rockwell_the-problem-we-all-live-with

The Problem we all live with, 1964

And for the pupils who were with Pujasree today, here is the chart you have to fill in (on your copybooks):

 

TYPEOF DOCUMENT PAINTING INTERPRETATION
cONTEXT    
COMPOSITION    
SETTING AND CHARACTERS    
MY OPINION    

 

Have fun! 😉