Freedom of Speech (painting)

Freedom of Speech (painting)

Infobox Painting


image_size = 159px
title =Freedom of Speech
artist = Norman Rockwell
year = 1943
type = oil on canvas
height = 116.2
width = 90
height_inch = 45.75
width_inch = 35.5
diameter_cm =
diameter_inch =
city =
city-state|Stockbridge|Massachusetts
United States
museum = Norman Rockwell Museum

"Freedom of Speech" is one of "Four Freedoms" paintings by Norman Rockwell that were inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms, he delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941. [cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/documents/docpages/document_page70.htm|title=100 Documents That Shaped America:President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress (1941)|accessdate=2008-04-11|publisher=U.S. News & World Report, L.P.|work=U.S. News & World Report] The other paintings in this series were,

# "Freedom from Fear"
# "Freedom to Worship"
# "Freedom from Want"

"Freedom of Speech" was published in the February 201943 Issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" with a matching essay by Booth Tarkington as part of the Four Freedoms series. [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Norman-Rockwells-Four-Freedoms-Inspire/dp/0936399422|title=Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: Images That Inspire a Nation|accessdate=2008-04-11|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|date=2008] Rockwell felt that this and "Freedom to Worship" were the most successful of the set. Since Rockwell liked to depict life as a experienced it or envisioned it, it is not surprising that this image depicts an actual occurrence. This is a scene of a local town meeting in which one person spoke out in lone dissent but was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol. Once he envisioned this scene to depict freedom of speech, Rockwell decided to use his Vermont neighbors as models for a Four Freedoms series. [cite web|url=http://www.nrm.org/page96|title=Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View of the American Homefront |publisher=Norman Rockwell Museum|accessdate=2008-04-12] The painting took four attempts. Earlier versions were troubled by the distraction of multiple subjects and the improper placement and perspective of the subject for the message to be clear.cite book|title=Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People|isbn=0-8109-6392-2|chapter=The Four Freedoms|author=Hennessey, Maureen Hart and Anne Knutson|date=1999|pages=94-102|publisher=Harry N. Abrams, Inc. with High Museum of Art and Norman Rockwell Museum] An city-state|Arlington|Vermont Rockwell neighbor Carl Hess stood as the models for the shy, brave young workman and another neighbor, Jim Martin, who appears in each painting in the series, is in the scene.cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766759,00.html|title=I Like To Please People|accessdate=2008-04-12|date=1943-06-21|publisher=Time Inc.|work=Time magazine]

Critical review

This image is praised for its focus. And the empty bench seat in front of the speaker is perceived as inviting to the viewer. The solid dark background helps the subject to stand out but almost obscures Rockwell's signature.

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