Rockwell's
Four Freedoms
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
OURS. . . to Fight for: Freedom
of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear
Offset color lithograph, 1943
Prints & Photographs
Division
O.W.I. transfer, 1946
LC-USZC4-1349 (58A.5)
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Taken from Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 speech to Congress, the "Four
Freedoms" --Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from
Want, and Freedom from Fear--became a rallying point for the United
States during WWII. Artist Norman Rockwell created four vignettes
to illustrate the concepts. Rockwell intended to donate the paintings
to the War Department, but after receiving no response, the painter
offered them to the Saturday Evening Post, where they
were first published on February 20, 1943. Popular reaction was
overwhelming, and more than 25,000 readers requested full-color
reproductions suitable for framing.
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