The Babysitter — Norman Rockwell

3 thoughts on “The Babysitter — Norman Rockwell”

1. Rockwall was capable of of illustration, painted walls, posters and of course magazine covers. His work is unpretension and witty.

   He respects tradition.

   He paints kindness from experts whose power comes from compassion and intelligence.

   America is a small town in many ways.

   I’d love to know who the kid is in this painting and what book the babysitter is reading…

   “The effable joys and sorrows of youth, the quick forgetting and the moment of high discovery, never aged in the heart of the artist.”

   Thank you for the image, it made think.

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2. My free association to your comment was the picture of the boy in the Charcoal Burner by Andrew Wyeth. I was in Chadsford one afternnon with a man who lived pretty close to the Wyeths. He told me it was his son in that painting. I was taking a walk around his yard alone and suddenly out of the bushes came this fully dressed painted Indian. He startled me but in a good way. His father told me that was his son and that’s when he told me about the picture. I think his son may have been high. it was the summer of 1966.

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3. Looks more like a picture of me In the young mother days.

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