Timeline |
1894 |
Born 3 February in New York City |
1908 |
Takes art classes at the New York School of Art |
1910 |
Studies at the National Academy of Design, then enrols in the Art Students' League |
1913 |
Hired as art director of Boys' Life |
1915 |
Family moves to New Rochelle, New York |
1916 |
First cover for The Saturday Evening Post |
1916 |
Marries Irene O'Connor |
1930 |
Divorces Irene, marries Mary Barstow |
1930 |
Marries Mary Barstow |
1939 |
Family moves to Arlington, Vermont |
1953 |
Family moves to Stockbridge, Massachusetts |
1959 |
Mary Barstow Rockwell dies |
1960 |
My Adventures as an Illustrator published |
1961 |
Marries Molly Punderson |
1963 |
Ends association with The Saturday Evening Post and begins to work for Look magazine |
1977 |
Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom |
1978 |
Dies 8 November at home in Stockbridge |