Editing Norman Rockwell (section)

===Early years===
[[File:BoysLifeSeptember1913.png|thumb|upright|''Scout at Ship's Wheel'', 1913]]
Norman Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894, in [[New York City]], to Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Anne Mary "Nancy" (née Hill) Rockwell<ref>{{cite book | last =Boughton | first = James |year=1903 |title= Genealogy of the families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1939 | publisher = WF Jones |page=441}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 =Roberts | first1 = Gary Boyd | first2 = David Curtis | last2 = Dearborn | year =1998 |title=Notable Kin: An Anthology of Columns First Published in the NEHGS Nexus, 1986–1995 | place = Boston, Massachusetts | publisher = Carl Boyer in cooperation with the New England Historic Genealogical Society |page= 28 | isbn= 978-0-936124-20-9}}</ref>{{sfn|Claridge|2001|pp=20, 29}} His father was a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]<!-- Presbyterian Church (USA) --> and his mother was an [[Episcopalianism|Episcopalian]];{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=28}} two years after their engagement, he converted to the Episcopal faith.{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=29}} Rockwell's earliest American ancestor was John Rockwell (1588–1662), from [[Somerset]], England, who immigrated to colonial [[North America]], probably in 1635, aboard the ship ''Hopewell'' and became one of the first settlers of [[Windsor, Connecticut]]. Rockwell had one brother, Jarvis Jr., older by a year and a half.<ref name=RockwellM-NRGUinA-p10-11>{{cite book | last =Rockwell | first = Margaret |year= 1998 |title = Norman Rockwell's Growing Up in America |publisher=Metro Books |pages=10–11 |isbn = 978-1-56799-598-5}}</ref><ref>SSDI. – SS#: 177-01-3581.</ref> Jarvis Sr. was the manager of the New York office of a Philadelphia textile firm, George Wood, Sons & Company, where he spent his entire career.<ref name=RockwellM-NRGUinA-p10-11 />{{sfn|Claridge|2001|pp=30, 47, 150}}<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Rockwell | first1 = Norman | first2 = Thomas | last2 = Rockwell |year= 1988 |title= Norman Rockwell, My Adventures as an Illustrator | publisher = Abrams | page=27 |isbn= 978-0-8109-1563-3}}</ref>

Rockwell transferred from high school to the Chase Art School (later [[Parsons School of Design]]) at the age of 14. He then went on to the [[National Academy of Design]] and finally to the [[Art Students League of New York]].{{sfn|Claridge|2001|pp=91–93, 99}} There, Rockwell was taught by Thomas Fogarty, [[George Bridgman]], and [[Frank DuMond|Frank Vincent DuMond]];{{sfn|Claridge|2001|pp=93–97, 112}} his early works were produced for ''[[St. Nicholas Magazine]]'', the [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) magazine ''[[Boys' Life]]'',{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=113}} and other youth publications. As a student, Rockwell had some small jobs, including one as a [[supernumerary actor|supernumerary]] at the [[Metropolitan Opera]].{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=101}} His first major artistic job came at age 18, illustrating [[Carl H. Claudy]]'s book ''Tell Me Why: Stories about Mother Nature''.{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=102}}

After that, Rockwell was hired as a staff artist for ''Boys' Life''. In this role, he received 50 dollars' compensation each month for one completed cover and a set of story illustrations. It is said to have been his first paying job as an artist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Norman Rockwell |url=http://www.bsamuseum.org/Exhibitions/Rockwell.aspx |website=National Scouting Museum |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |date=2010 |access-date=July 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023054615/http://bsamuseum.org/Exhibitions/Rockwell.aspx |archive-date=October 23, 2014 }}</ref> At 19, Rockwell became the art editor for ''Boys' Life'', published by the Boy Scouts of America. He held the job for three years,<ref name=Scouting08>{{cite journal |title = Rockwell and Csatari: A tour de force |journal=[[Scouting (magazine)|Scouting]] |date= March–April 2008 |page= 6}}</ref> during which Rockwell painted several covers, beginning with his first published magazine cover, ''Scout at Ship's Wheel'', which appeared on the ''Boys' Life'' September 1913 edition.