G R A M P S A N D T H E S N O W M A N
N O R M A N R O C K W E L L 1 9 1 9
Rockwell was twenty-five when the popular
Saturday Evening Post magazine chose this
whimsical illustration for their week's cover.
Rockwell would create 321 of these covers
during his forty-seven years with the magazine.
R O O S T E R M A N A B O V E V I T E B S K
M A R C C H A G A L L 1 9 2 5
Here is Russian folk art painted by a Jewish
mystic who believed in the logic of sentiment.
You want to know what people are about?
It starts with the heart.
Then find folks that float in the air.
Add rooster heads as needed.
C A T C H I N G T H E T H A N K S G I V I N G T U R K E Y
G R A N D M A M O S E S 1 9 4 3
Arthritic hands forced Grandma Moses to give up
needlepoint and take up painting. She was 83 when
she painted this "old-timey" memory of rural life.
The painting was country nostalgia minus all the
telephone poles, tractors, cars and assorted other
odds and ends produced from industrial might.
We could do without all that racket.
J A N U A R Y
G R A N T W O O D 1 9 4 0
One of Wood's final paintings.
A rabbit's tracks are the only sign
of life in this frozen, dormant scene.
Grant Wood spent three years
working on this portrayal of
snow-laden corn shocks
before he felt it to be right.
S L E I G H R I D E
R U D O L F K O L L E R 1 8 9 2
A hurtling mail coach forces an ox-driven sleigh
with its heavy load into the deepest snow.
In close pursuit comes a petulant, dark storm.
Crows swirl about, excited, overhead.
The Twentieth Century approaches.
The Age of Progress is about to begin.
T H E F A L L O F T H E C O W B O Y
F R E D E R I C R E M I N G T O N
Soon enough railroad tracks were laid
everywhere, making long cattle drives
to Dodge City and Wichita unnecessary.
Then cheap barb wire became plentiful
and suddenly everyone had their cattle
penned in. This led to controlled breeding.
People wanted Hereford and Angus beef
in place of the tough but hardy Longhorn.
The frontier was closed.
The cowboy was now legend.
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OVER EASY
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