Norman Rockwell (February 3, 1894 to August 11, 1978) is one of the most creative and America was admired illustrators. His name was to The Saturday Evening Post (also known as La Poste known) is equivalent, as it covers over 300 pictures for her. actual demand for Rockwell is best for a series of illustrations he made on the basis of a fictional character of a “common man” robbed known. This fictional character named “Willie Gillis” and Rockwell created during the Second World War. With Otis Robert “Bob” Buck, later a U.S. Navy officer, depending on the model, it can described as follows a young American to be thrown into disarray by the war. The cover illustrations were published in the eleven o’clock Gillis Post:
O Food Packaging (4 October 1941)
leave o Home (November 29,1941)
o USO (February 7.1942)
o K.P (April 11, 1942)
o What to do about a blackout (27 June 1942)
o In the Church (25 July 1942)
O Girls Letter (September 5.1942)
Willie O rope trick (26 June 1943)
o New Year’s Eve (January 1.1944)
o Gillis Heritage (16 September 1944)
o College (October 5, 1946)
These illustrations by Norman followed the life of Willie in the army of his introduction to his release. The first image “Willie Gillis One food ration showed him holding a care package with ‘diet. He has us hesitating on his shoulder, while a dozen high-ranking officers with the package front. There is a showing” home on leave was. ” He is shown on the bed lying down from a room in disorder, while another describes him as a good son, the family tradition set by the service in the army. My heart goes to Willie in the church “in which he is shown sitting in the church in his uniform, is lost with an expression. Coverage popular series “Willie Gillis USO shows” a very amused Willie Donuts will be served cookies and two young conscientious worker USO. Perhaps the funniest of the series was “Willie Gillis girls mailbox” where two young women compete for his photos, he was probably sent by the war. The last illustration “Willie Gillis in College” gave the series a kind of happy ending. It appeared in the postwar period Gillis wear smart casual clothes smoking a pipe and expanded to read in a book near a window. His expression is relaxed and he seemed happy in this environment pleasant.
Rockwell was a gift for stories on the Internet and prefer the softer side of life to paint. Its unique, but a simple representation of innocent Gillis “Willie” to respond to scenarios every day, has won the affection of the American public. Many Americans thought Willie was a real person and have always been curious to know more about his life. Norman is a picture of “Willie Gillis,” which was not intended to cover. It was called “Willie Gillis in the convoy.” It shows the back of a military truck with a gun in his hand. Rockwell won the painting at the High School Gardner.
