It seems familiar because it was everyone's dream of America; and it was unique because only Rockwell managed to bring it to life with such authority. This was, perhaps, an America that never existed, but it was an America the public wanted to exist. And Rockwell put it...
Norman Rockwell gave us a picture of America that was familiar--astonishingly so--and at the same time unique, because only he could bring it to life with such authority.
Rockwell best expressed this vision of America in his justly famous cover illustrations for the Saturday...