Summer 2000 The Artist as Abstract Expressionist, by Linda Pero
The world of modern art seemed to be born out of the New York Armory Show of 1917, one year after Rockwell’s debut on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post with Boy with Baby Carriage. A fascination with modern art led Rockwell to Paris in 1932 to study art and experiment with new styles. Upon his return, he was told by Post editor Horace Lorimer to stick to what he did best, the story-telling pictures of middle-American life.