‘The Gossips’ oil on canvas painted in 1948 (74 years ago)
by Norman P. Rockwell (1894-1978) Rest in peace, sir!
Great American painter, illustrator and author. His works have a wide popular appeal in the United States for their thoughtful study of our fine traditional American culture and values. Mr. Rockwell is most famous for his illustrations of everyday life, many of which he created for the cover of the The Saturday Evening Post — for over five decades.
This illustration was the cover for the March 6, 1948 edition.