Today Google universally celebrates the birth of Norman Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978), an American illustrator most known for his work for The Saturday Evening Post. His art was focused primarily on images of everyday America, such as the one found in the Google Logo, “Little Spooners” which appeared in the April 24, 1926 edition of the Post. He was very productive throughout his career, illustrating books, periodicals, Boy Scouts’ Calendars, while also painting extensively. While Rockwell’s art had great popular appeal, it was dismissed by many critics for lack of content and sentimentality. While I shall not take a stand on the quality of Rockwell’s art, I do question why Google has put it up on all its pages throughout the world for I don’t think is influence was that extensive.
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