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No Swimming by Norman RockwellJune 4, 1921 Issue of The Saturday Evening Post
No Swimming, this Norman Rockwell painting, appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published June 4, 1921... This fan favorite painting was then and remains now one of the classic Rockwell images. When considering the art painted by Rockwell, this is one of the images that comes to mind. No SwimmingIn this painting, Norman Rockwell shows us why he is America's best loved illustrator. Even more than eighty years after the painting was finished, it remains timeless in its appeal. In the upper center area of the painting is the title and the premise of the whole painting. A sign says "No Swimming." We can only imagine how leisurely the boys and their dog walked past that sign making their way to the forbidden swimming hole. That part of the journey would not be nearly as interesting as the part Rockwell focused on with this painting. We do not know how long they luxuriated in the nice cool water. Rockwell painted paintings that related to current events. There may have been a heat wave in June 1921 that motivated Rockwell to render this image. Either way, these boys were beating the hot summer sun until just before the instant captured with this painting. All was perfect in their world until right then.
No Swimming was only one of 322 Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post covers;
Here is the list of Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover illustrations.
Here is the complete list of all Norman Rockwell magazine covers. Right now, the three boys and their dog are fleeing the scene of their "crime," swimming without permission. Perhaps they asked beforehand and were denied permission. Perhaps, they did not bother with asking, thinking they would be denied. Regardless, they swam anyway. Now they are in trouble. They are being chased from the swimming hole. Are they being chased by a man? Is he on foot or on horseback? Or are they being chased by a dog? Or both? They are afraid to stop and dress. All are running in various stages of undress. Except, of course, the dog. One boy ventures a glance back at their pursuer. The others are just running as fast as they can.
They are paying as much attention to the No Swimming sign on the way out as they did on the way in. No attention at all...
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