civil rights in art

This critical exploration of his paintings examines the forces that shaped Rockwell's artistic vision, his discovery of the narrative power of everyday details, his anxiety over his identity as an artist, and his ambition to create works that would change the world.

The story of Norman Rockwell's famous series of paintings based on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four freedoms speech of 1941, including how they came to be created and their impact on the war effort.