In this study, we see the little girl (Ruby Bridges) toward the left side of the painting. In an earlier color study, Rockwell had the little girl on the right side of the page. Rockwell moved her there to illustrate the girl's eagerness to go to school. The reason the girl is not in the center of the page is because the painting would appear in the magazine as a two-page spread. The center of the image would be relegated to the 'gutter' where the two pages are seamed together.
Details
- Title: Charcoal Study for 'The Problem We All Live With'
- Creator:Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
- Date Created: 1963
- Credit Line: © Norman Rockwell Family Agency. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection. All Rights Reserved.
- Rights: © Norman Rockwell Family Agency. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection. All Rights Reserved.
- Medium:Charcoal on paper
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The Problem we all live with. This coloured painting was made by Norman Rockwell and published in the magazine Look in 1964. It represents the story of Ruby. Feb 08, 2016 The Problem We All Live With is a 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell. An iconic image of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, it depicts Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old African-American girl, on her way into an all-white public school in New Orleans on November 14, 1960 during the process of racial desegregation. The Problem We All Live With. This American Life. July 31, 2015. Right now, all sorts of people are trying to rethink and reinvent education, to get poor minority kids performing as well.
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