Young Love Walking To School Analysis

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Norman Rockwell was a popular artist who, throughout his life, had crafted paintings depicting his personal perspective on American culture. Born in 1894, Rockwell grew up in New York City, dreaming of someday become an artist. After discovering his impressive talent, the young boy enrolled in multiple art schools and found success early. He began illustrating covers for magazines, such as Boy’s Life, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Post, gaining popularity and attention from individuals around the nation (Rockwell, Through My Eyes). In his earlier years, Rockwell’s upbeat paintings offered his viewers an escape from the tensions and troubles in life. Rockwell reflected the reformed social changes America was undergoing during the mid-20th century by deviating from his traditional, light-hearted depictions of innocence and idealisms of American life, and ultimately transforming his work into a realistic style illustrating the moral challenges facing human citizens.
The beginning of the 20th century was a time of prosperity in America due to industry growth generating new job opportunities and advancements in technology. This was the birth of the American Dream. But as the years went by, the nation began to suffer, enclosed …show more content…
In Young Love, two young children are depicted strolling off to school in front of a white picket fence. Beyond the fence there is nothing, and one must use their imagination to guess where the boy and girl are off to. High-saturated colors are portrayed on the clothing, schoolbooks, and leaves. A large majority of Rockwell’s works in his earlier years are more simple, brighter, cliché, and less realistic in comparison to his later works where he focused on realistic depictions of American

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