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Norman Rockwell and Baseball, Part II: “The Dugout”

Three weeks ago, I posted an essay featuring Norman Rockwell's iconic painting, "The Three Umpires." Today, I'll repost an essay I wrote four years ago about another classic Rockwell baseball painting and a companion to the "Three Umpires": "The Dugout."...

Posted on: September 10, 2023
By: Gary Livacari
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What Inspired the Famous Norman Rockwell Painting, “The Three Umpires”?

I’ve posted the iconic Norman Rockwell painting The Three Umpires before, but I never knew what rainy-day incident served as the inspiration for the painting. Was it based on something historic? Or did Rockwell just make it all up?...

Posted on: August 19, 2023
By: Gary Livacari
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Norman Rockwell and Baseball, Part Three: “The Rookie”

Today, I’ll continue with my series of great Norman Rockwell paintings showing scenes from baseball. The Rookie, shown above, appeared on the March 2, 1957 cover of the Saturday Evening Post magazine...

Posted on: February 18, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
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Norman Rockwell and Baseball, Part Two: The Three Umpires

The best known of Norman Rockwell’s baseball-themed paintings is probably his 1948, The Three Umpires, which appeared on the April 23, 1949 cover of The Saturday Evening Post...

Posted on: February 8, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
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The Iconic Norman Rockwell Painting: “The Dugout”!

In a recent photo of the Cubs at spring training, one of our readers noted that the Cub players in the bullpen wore uniforms similar to the Cub batboy in the iconic Norman Rockwell painting, “The Dugout.”...

Posted on: January 25, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
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