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Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell Visits a Ration Board, 1944
Study illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 15, 1944
In the spring of 1942, volunteer ration boards weer formed throughout the country to evaluate the claims of citizens who felt their rations were insufficient. Rockwell used the board members and citizens in Manchester, Vermont, as models to document this wartime situation. This study reveals the artist's attention to the details of expression, gesture, color, and setting in his composition, though areas of the painting are finished to varying degrees. |