Norman Rockwell S Painting Of Ruby Bridges

Norman rockwell was no exception and something about the scene visual emotional or perhaps both lodged it into his artist s consciousness.

Norman rockwell s painting of ruby bridges. Bridges is the girl portrayed the painting. It depicts ruby bridges a six year old african american girl on her way to william frantz elementary school an all white public school on november 14 1960 during the new orleans school desegregation crisis. Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist. She was the first african american child to desegregate the all white william frantz elementary school in louisiana during the new orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 november 1960.

The norman rockwell painting depicting the walk by 6 year old ruby bridges as she integrated william frantz elementary school in new orleans in 1960 captures an ugly chapter in u s. The ruby bridges painting ruby had to be escorted past this offensiveness by federal marshals. She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell. Norman rockwell museum announces the loan of norman rockwell s iconic painting the problem we all live with part of its permanent collection to the white house where it will be exhibited through october 31.

Naturally the event made the nightly news and anyone who watched it became aware of the story. Official white house photo by pete souza. It was the first painting acquired by the norman rockwell museum in 1975. Racial slurs and tomato remnants line the wall behind her.

President barack obama ruby bridges and representatives of the norman rockwell museum view rockwell s the problem we all live with hanging in a west wing hallway near the oval office july 15 2011. The problem we all live with ruby bridges by norman rockwell shows an african american girl 6 year old ruby bridges wearing a white dress as she s escorted by four federal marshals to her first day of class at an all white school in 1960. As a child he excelled as a painter culminating in a job as a cover artist for boys life magazine when he was just 18 years old. The loan was requested this year by president barack obama in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of ruby bridges history changing walk integrating the william frantz public school.

Ruby bridges visited president barack obama at the white house to see norman rockwell s painting the problem we all live with hanging outside of the oval office. Four years later rockwell would land a life changing position at the saturday evening post a popular bi monthly magazine over the span of 47 years rockwell completed 322 covers for.