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Pinkwashing Norman Rockwell
PJ Media ^ | 12-27-2013 | Ed Driscoll

Posted on 12/28/2013 8:06:08 AM PST by Sir Napsalot

“Author Claims Norman Rockwell Was Closeted Homosexual,” William Bigelow writes at Big Government:

American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell, a new biography of the great American artist and iconic figure Norman Rockwell, accuses him of being a closeted homosexual, basing the spurious claim on the fact that Rockwell would stop young boys on the street or at recess and ask if they would pose for his illustrations. The author, Deborah Solomon, ignores the fact that Rockwell, who was married three times and had three children with his second wife, who died unexpectedly in 1959, stated in his autobiography that after he asked the boy, they would go together to ask the child’s mother for permission.

Rockwell’s family is furious about the biography for its sloppiness and misuse of sources, saying there are a multitude of inaccuracies as well as a “phantom theory” about his sexuality. The family released a statement saying there were at least 96 factual errors in the book, and that Solomon made “highly selective” use of Rockwell’s autobiography “My Adventures as an Illustrator.”

Solomon would not reply to inquiries.


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TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Society
KEYWORDS: americana; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; manboylove; normanrockwell; pinkjournalism; rapingmychildhood; revisionisthistory; saturdayeveningpost
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To: Sir Napsalot

It’s sad when people live such a miserable lifestyle that they have to claim that “everybody does it” so they can “feel good” about themselves. Sue the bass turds.


21 posted on 12/28/2013 8:33:41 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Truth Is Out There. Just don't let anyone know that you're looking for it.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Freudian Slip?

The author, Deborah Solomon, identifies Homosexuals if she believes they are pedaphiles


22 posted on 12/28/2013 8:33:56 AM PST by Rock Eye Jack
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To: Sir Napsalot

My gosh! Just because of him painting boys, he is now gay. Since 90% of his paintings are of WHITE people, I wonder when he be called a racist?


23 posted on 12/28/2013 8:37:54 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (MerryChristmasAll)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

The fags, who hate being called fags and call you intolerant if you call them fags, try to destroy someone who is dead by calling him a fag.


24 posted on 12/28/2013 8:43:06 AM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: a fool in paradise
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25 posted on 12/28/2013 8:46:36 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Sir Napsalot
The art world has always marginalized Norman Rockwell. They don't consider him a "real" artist. They call him an "illustrator." But the guy was a tremendous artist.

This is considered one of his finest. Note the contrapposto pose and the moonlighting on the scout leader's face - something only a well-trained artist could pull off successfully:


26 posted on 12/28/2013 8:51:05 AM PST by Slyfox (We want our pre-existing HEALTH INSURANCE back!)
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To: jimbobfoster
O.K., so homosexuals aren’t supposed to be child molesters. Why would his talking to little boys make him homosexual?

Ding, Ding.. You win the Kewpie Doll, for the Captain Obvious Award for the day.. These perverts are constantly lurking in playgrounds everywhere, trying to recruit the tragedies of tomorrow..

As for the unfounded claim that every creative icon has been tagged as a pervert, is another attempt to justify their loathsome existence by stealing reputations from folks that can no longer defend themselves..

As a Costume Designer in Hollywood, I endured this mafia, much more devious and dangerous then any I encountered in the Chicago Mafia.. The way they treated me, and any unqueer competition that challenged their dominance was banished without any signs of humanity..

27 posted on 12/28/2013 8:54:11 AM PST by carlo3b (Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.. Henry Kissinger)
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To: a fool in paradise

Are you saying he projected photos for his paintings? I always suspected that he did.


28 posted on 12/28/2013 8:54:12 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

***you absolutely *must* visit the Rockwell Museum,***

I saw his traveling art display last year at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, AR. It is astounding! Definitely worth it!

Crystal Bridges has ROSIE THE RIVETER on permanent display.


29 posted on 12/28/2013 8:54:43 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Slyfox
My personal favorite was "Russian schoolroom". The one kid looking out a window daydreaming speaks volumes.


30 posted on 12/28/2013 8:56:44 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Ditter
He may or may not have used enlarged transparencies (or those projectors that let you trace an image).

Photosourcing in American illustration art is common. Paperback covers, magazine covers, interior illustrations.

Depends on the budget of the work and how many volunteers an artist can find rather than hiring models.

Even Rene Magritte photosourced his paintings.


31 posted on 12/28/2013 9:00:40 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Sir Napsalot
What does "closeted" mean anyway?

Solomon drops hints about some kind of attraction to men or boys but admits that she doesn't believe that Rockwell actually had sex with any of them.

Norman Rockwell may or may not have been aware of some physical attraction, but nothing that Solomon relates would have been scandalous or surprising in an artist of Rockwell's day.

I'm pretty sure though, that the "pedophilia" that she finds in pictures like that of the cop and the runaway is in her own head, a product more of the suspicions of our own age than of anything in Rockwell.

32 posted on 12/28/2013 9:01:45 AM PST by x
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Self loathing and a guilty mind will do that to a person.


33 posted on 12/28/2013 9:01:54 AM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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To: Slyfox

They snarked at Maxfield Parrish, too.


34 posted on 12/28/2013 9:03:04 AM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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To: Slyfox

And Alfonse Mucha.


35 posted on 12/28/2013 9:03:27 AM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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To: Slyfox
The American Illustrator movement (from the turn of the century through the late-mid century (~1964)) is neglected in America's art museums. Instead they are dominated by abtraction and "anti-art" (designed at a time to be a counter to the establishment but it has BECOME the establishment).

In 1970, museums didn't consider photography "art" either.

36 posted on 12/28/2013 9:03:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Liz

Walt Disney was anti-Communist. He has been Red Listed by them as a result.


37 posted on 12/28/2013 9:05:30 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: MeshugeMikey

That is really great.

It seems everyone’s homosexual, especially when they’re famous and dead.


38 posted on 12/28/2013 9:06:46 AM PST by onedoug
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To: a fool in paradise
Instead they are dominated by abtraction and "anti-art"

I remember in my college Art History class having to memorize all the aspects of "Judy Chicago." Meanwhile, Norman Rockwell was not discussed at all.

39 posted on 12/28/2013 9:12:34 AM PST by Slyfox (We want our pre-existing HEALTH INSURANCE back!)
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To: onedoug

The noron who made the comments about The BIBLE being homoerotic REALLY teed me off...and we know Im NOT the only one.....


40 posted on 12/28/2013 9:14:56 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Its beginning to look a lot like Kwanzaa)
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