Norman Rockwell, Saturday Evening Post stalwart, celebrated with Google doodle

The American cartoonist and illustrator, whose works featured on 321 Saturday Evening Post covers over 40 years, was born on this day in 1894 - an anniversary marked by a Google doodle. See some of his best known works here
  
  


Rockwell: Rosie the Riveter from Norman Rockwell
The iconic Rosie the Riveter, from 1943
Photograph: Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post Photograph: Norman Rockwell/guardian.co.uk
Rockwell: Norman Rockwell, Freedom for Want
Freedom for Want, which appeared in 1943
Photograph: Corbis Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Rockwell: Norman Rockwell, Breaking Home Ties
'Breaking Home Ties', which appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1954, depicts a father and son saying goodbye as the boy leaves for college Photograph: Norman Rockwell/AP
Rockwell: Norman Rockwell's The Runaways
The Runaways, a Saturday Evening Post cover from 1958
Photograph: Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Rockwell: Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With
The Problem We All Live With, a painting from 1964, depicted racial tensions in the US
Photograph: Corcoran Gallery of Art/EPA Photograph: Corcoran Gallery of Art/guardian.co.uk
Rockwell: Google doodle
The Google doodle incorporating Rockwell's First Love, from 1926. Photograph: Google
 

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