I Have Never Heard Of Norman Rockwell. I Don’t Understand Anything About Art. But This Picture Shook

I have never heard of Norman Rockwell. I don’t understand anything about art. But this picture shook me and caused a storm of emotions. It is called Breaking Home Ties, 1954

The boy is going to a Uni and wearing his best outfit; the Uni sticker is on his luggage, even his tie and his socks are the colours of the sticker. He is excited and impatient. The father - obviously a farmer, is sitting at the worn farm truck with a flag and a storm lamp, because their place is so small the train won’t normally stop there, so the father will need to “catch” the train and signal with the light and the flag for it to stop.

His son will never come back to the farm.  

I think I understand why this picture sold at 15,4 million dollars in 2006. 

I Have Never Heard Of Norman Rockwell. I Don’t Understand Anything About Art. But This Picture Shook

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6 years ago
A Loaf Of Bread Made In The First Century AD, Which Was Discovered At Pompeii, Preserved For Centuries

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Listen, you all knew I was a major dork already. 

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1 year ago
These Were The Doodles I Did In College In My History Classes.
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Hello! I'm Zeef! I have a degree in history and I like to ramble! I especially like the middle ages and renaissance eras of Europe, but I have other miscellaneous places I like too!

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