I was
so taken with Norman Rockwell after seeing the exhibit at the New-York
Historical Society that I decided to post a second set of photos.
Although he raised millions for World War II
with his Four Freedom posters, he declined a request to do posters for the
Vietnam War.
Instead,
he turned around and did this piece - The
Right To Know - focusing on citizens right to know what their government is
doing. Hmm.
The
exhibit included some tidbits about his process.
(Don't
you just love those?)
Apparently
once he decided on a composition, he would draw the full size design on the
canvas, and then photograph it.
Then
he would work out his color palette on the photograph. I love that.
This
is an alternative version of The Right to
Know. If you compare it to the final
you can see that he created greater intimacy by changing the gaze of the people
in the piece to focus on the audience.
Very eerie effect.
I am
seriously contemplating going down to take a second look at the exhibit.
It's
open until September 2 just in case you want to take a look too.
Here's
the link to last week's blog...
Ciao
PJ
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2018 PJ Lehrer
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