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Norman Rockwell's other three paintings from this series were,
1.
Freedom of Speech
2.
Freedom to Worship
3.
Freedom from Want
Freedom from Fear was published in the March 13, 1943 Issue of The
Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay as part of the Four
Freedoms series.
The United States Government shortly later asked for, and received,
permission from Norman Rockwell to allow his Four Freedoms paintings
to be used in four different
war-time
posters during
World War
II to help motivate the civilian workforce. The United States
Government Printing Office printed the posters in at least three
sizes: 20 × 28, 28 × 40, and 40 × 56 inches.
The United States Department of the Treasury toured Rockwell's Four
Freedoms paintings around the country after their publication in 1943.
The Four Freedoms Tour raised over $130,000,000 in war bond sales.
Rockwell's Four Freedoms paintings were also reproduced as postage
stamps by the United States Post Office.
This painting is the only one of the Four Freedoms that was not newly
created. It had actually been created to depict the Battle of Britain
and had gone unpublished by The Saturday Evening Post. Note the
newspaper caption begins "Bombings Kill. . .Horrors Hit. . ." Rockwell
had a certain distaste toward this image because he felt the idea that
American children were resting safely in their beds as Europe burned
was a smug theme.
Buy the Wartime poster version
Buy the Wartime poster version
Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Fear was made into a war-time poster
during World War II to help motivate the civilian workforce. |
