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To: bert
No, you're right that it isn't Rockwell...can't recall the guy's name, but there's an artist the BSA has brought in specifically to continue the Rockwellesque tradition of scout paintings. He's doing a great job.

This isn't one of his, but I like it a lot..."Timing is Everything" by Dru Blair...note the cub scouts at the lower left:


52 posted on 02/07/2010 2:52:15 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (We're right, we're free, we'll fight and you'll see!)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Joseph Csatari, Norman Rockwell’s Scouting successor, is also an American realist artist and illustrator. Like Rockwell, Csatari illustrated for the Saturday Evening Post, Brown & Bigelow Boy Scout calendars, and Boys’ Life magazine covers. His involvement with the Boy Scouts of America has been one of length and dedication.

Csatari was born in 1929 in New Jersey. As a child, he copied the Saturday Evening Post covers of his idol Norman Rockwell. He went on to study art at the Academy of Arts in Newark, New Jersey, and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

In 1953, Csatari worked for the Boy Scouts as the art director in the Supply Division department. He chose this position in hopes of one day getting to meet Rockwell.
Joseph Csatari Paintings Joseph Csatari Paintings

http://www.bsamuseum.org/Exhibits/Rockwell.aspx

I recently visited the gallery and photographed them all
Seeing the actual paintings was very moving


55 posted on 02/07/2010 3:05:47 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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