Norman Rockwell

I have never heard of Norman Rockwell before but, because I am very into art, he is definitely one of my favourite painters now. Something I really like about his paintings is that they represent everyday problems and situations of our lifes, or 'The problem we all live with', which is the name of one of his best-known works, and their reflection of American culture.
Norman Percevel Rockwell, a 20th-century American painter and illustrator lived from 1894 to 1978. His popular cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios were published in a magazine called 'The Saturday Evening Post' for more than 40 years. The most famous works among others are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, Saying Grace, The Problem We All Live With and the Four Freedoms.

This Normal Rockwell painting, named "Santa Claus Reading Mail" (alternative titles are Santa at His Desk or Letters to Santa), appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post and was published on December 21, 1935. The original is an oil on canvas painting with the size 35 x 27 inches and it is housed in a privat collection. It was Rockwell's sixth picture of Santa featured on the cover of The Post and it remains a favourite of all Rockwell collectors, no matter what their age is.
When I saw this picture, I immediately fell in love with it. In fact, when invisioning Santa, most people see him the way Norman Rockwell painted him.
Well, since we all know that Santa Claus DOES exist ;) we all know that Santa is working very hard every year just to see a smile on the childrens faces and this picture shows what volume of letters he has to handle each year. Santa has several huge stacks of letters on his desk and he is meticulously recording every single child's Christmas gift wish. With his quill pen he is scratching his head, undoubtedly he is wondering how he will finsh on time because according to the publishing date, there are only four days left until Christmas. As if the letters were not enough there is also a bag of mail laying on the floor next to him. And in addition to that this mail is only the U.S. mail, I can imagine how many more bags from all the other countries are waiting to be read. I just hope for Santa that he has a lot of helpful elfs so he can handle all our letters this year! =)