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Norman Rockwell born in New York City on February 3, 1894. As a young boy, he sing in the church choir
and spent many summers in the country with his family. Rockwell attend the New York School of Art when
he dropped out and enrolled at the National Academy of Design. Both learning experiences prepare him for
alifelong artistic career. Rockwell's first professional job, while still a teenager, was as the art director of
The Boy Scouts of America's publication Boys' Life. As his career developed, Rockwell share a studio with
Clyde Forsythe (a famous cartoonist). The Saturday Evening Post publish Rockwell's first cover in 1916,
and his art stole the hearts of Americans. In 1976, the year after his death, Rockwell receive the prestigious
Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rockwell's art capture American life for several decades and become an
iconic symbol to many Americans.
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