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This painting depicts the common
positive Rockwell themes of American prosperity and dependability.
This image of family life is an example of the old fashioned idealism
that dominate Rockwell's work. The Freedom series was particularly
important as a inspiration to Americans during
World War
II.
The other paintings in this series
were,
1.
Freedom of Speech
2.
Freedom from Fear
3.
Freedom of Worship
Freedom from Want was published in the March 6, 1943 Issue of The
Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part
of the Four Freedoms series. The image was included as the cover image
of the 1946 book Norman Rockwell, Illustrator that was written when
Rockwell was "at the height of his fame as America's most popular
illustrator." Rockwell claims to have painted the Turkey on
Thanksgiving and unlike Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Worship this
painting was not difficult to execute.
The abundance and unity this
painting shows were the idyllic hope of a post-war world and this
image has endured for generations of reproductions. |
