Editing Norman Rockwell (section)

===Association with ''The Saturday Evening Post''===
[[File:Norman Rockwell Red Cross Magazine 1918.jpg|thumb|upright|Rockwell's first Scouting calendar, 1925]]
[[File:SaturdayEveningPost27Sep1924.jpg|thumb|''Saturday Evening Post'' cover (September 27, 1924)]]
[[File:Norman Rockwell - Cousin Reginald Spells Peloponnesus (Spelling Bee) - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''Cousin Reginald Spells Peloponnesus''. Norman Rockwell, 1918.]]

Rockwell's family moved to [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]], New York, when Norman was 21 years old. They shared a studio with the [[cartoonist]] Clyde Forsythe, who worked for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. With Forsythe's help, Rockwell submitted his first successful cover painting to the ''Post'' in 1916,{{sfn|Claridge|2001|pp=130–132}} ''Mother's Day Off'' (published on May 20). He followed that success with ''Circus Barker and Strongman'' (published on June 3), ''Gramps at the Plate'' (August 5), ''Redhead Loves Hatty Perkins'' (September 16), ''People in a Theatre Balcony'' (October 14), and ''Man Playing Santa'' (December 9). Rockwell was published eight times on the ''Post'' cover within the first year. Ultimately, Rockwell published 323 original covers<!--number of covers differs from figure in paragraph below, which is correct?--> for ''The Saturday Evening Post'' over 47 years. His ''Sharp Harmony'' appeared on the cover of the issue dated September 26, 1936; it depicts a [[barber]] and three clients, enjoying an [[a cappella]] song. The image was adopted by [[Barbershop Harmony Society|SPEBSQSA]] in its promotion of the art.

Rockwell's success on the cover of the ''Post'' led to covers for other magazines of the day, most notably the ''[[Literary Digest]]'', the ''[[Country Gentleman]]'', ''[[Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper|Leslie's Weekly]]'', ''[[Judge (magazine)|Judge]]'', ''Peoples Popular Monthly'' and [[Life (magazine)|''Life'']] magazine.{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=151}}

When Rockwell's tenure began with ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in 1916, he left his salaried position at ''Boys' Life'', but continued to include scouts in ''Post'' cover images and the monthly magazine of the ''American Red Cross''. He resumed work with the Boy Scouts of America in 1926 with production of his first of fifty-one original illustrations for the official Boy Scouts of America annual calendar, which still may be seen in the ''Norman Rockwell Art Gallery'' at the [[National Scouting Museum]]<ref>{{ cite web |title=Norman Rockwell |url=http://www.bsamuseum.org |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/20140715113144/http://www.bsamuseum.org/ |archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref> in [[Cimarron, New Mexico]].

During World War I, he tried to enlist into the U.S. Navy but was refused entry because, at {{convert|140|lb|kg|0}}, he was eight pounds underweight for someone {{convert |6|ft|m}} tall. To compensate, he spent one night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and doughnuts, and weighed enough to enlist the next day. He was given the role of a military artist, however, and did not see any action during his tour of duty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patriotspoint.org/news_events/norman-rockwell-at-the-charleston-navy-yard/ |title=Norman Rockwell at The Charleston Navy Yard |first=Waring |last=Hills |date=June 9, 2010 |access-date=July 18, 2014 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413060758/http://www.patriotspoint.org/news_events/norman-rockwell-at-the-charleston-navy-yard/ |url-status=live }}</ref>