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Norman Rockwell, 22, is commissioned by George Horace Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post. This begins a career that spans 45 years and produces over 300 illustrations.
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Rockwell's first illustration Boy with Baby Carriage is featured on the May 20 issue of the Saturday Evening post.
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The United States enters World War I, declares war on Germany.
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Armistice signed; World War I ends.
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LinkNo Swimming featured on the June 4 issue of Saturday Evening Post. This becomes one of his most popular illustrations to date.
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Ticket Seller, one of his most serious illustrations on the Saturday Evening Post, is shown depicting the impact of the Great Depression.
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Germany invades Poland; World War II begins.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his State of the Union Adress and names the four freedoms: speech, worship, freedom from want and fear. Norman Rockwell is inspired to create a series of paintings depicting the Four Freedoms. Each painting alone would become the most popular paintings of his career
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan.
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The first of The Four Freedoms series appears on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
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Freedom To Worship follows in the next issue. It shows a group of people of various ethnicities joined together in prayer.
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Freedom From Want, depicting a family sitting down at a Thanksgiving dinner, is shown on the front cover.
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The last of the series, Freedom From Fear shows a couple looking over their sleeping children. The father holds a newspaper carrying the news from overseas.
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Rosie the Riviter is featured portraying women in the workforce during the war.
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LinkTattoo Artists is shown on the front cover of the Saturday Evening Post. It shows the tattoo artist crossing out names of girls on the sailor's arm.
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Germany surrenders.
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Japan surrenders, officially ending World War II.
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This is an illustration from Rockwell's autobiography "My Adventures as an Illustrator." The Saturday Evening Post uses it on the front cover.
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President John F. Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, Texas.
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LinkA supporter of President Kennedy, Norman Rockwell paints a tribute to the fallen president. This is the last illustration he makes before he leaves the Saturday Evening Post and goes to Look Magazine.
