Famous Art for the Pandemic – & Life

Update 03 July 2025: This post was initially published during the 2020/2021 COVID pandemic. As an art history professor, world traveler and lover of great art and art museums, I set out to connect famous art with what was going on in the world around us. First posted on Face Book, it moved into the creation of this website. Click here for additional postings on a Year in the Life of the Pandemic.

”Coming and Going”

Norman Rockwell, 1947, American Illustrator

Americans on the move.  Road trips.  This summer, after being cooped up during the endless spring shutdown due to the COVID pandemic, and not wanting to risk air travel, many families are taking road trips such as were popular after WWII. 

One such trip is portrayed by Rockwell, famous for having his paintbrush on the pulse of the times, on the Saturday Evening Post cover 30 August 1947. One can almost hear the eternal childhood refrain etched in our memories: “Are we there yet?” 

The original is 16” x 31.5” and is part of the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA.

TRAVEL TIP: If you are on a road trip on the East coast and going through Massachusetts, Stockbridge is a quaint stop as a small town on its own, but don’t miss the Norman Rockwell Museum as it not only has a vast collection of his work, but also reveals a snapshot of mid-century Americana.

Did you enjoy this post? Do you enjoy Norman Rockwell? Enjoy Road trips? If YES to any, please let me know with a click on the “LIKE” button below! Encouraging comments are also always welcome. Thanks! ~Cher

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