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Norman Rockwell
Interesting article. But a word in defense of Norman Rockwell: Although he painted kitsch/Americana, it is important not to misunderstand who he was and where he was coming from. He was a big supporter of Roosevelt and the New Deal. He did paintings in support of civil rights. One of his most important projects, late in his life was a cover for the (then) very leftist Ramparts magazine in the sixties, a portrait of "red" philosopher Bertrand Russell.
It's always useful to remember that people are often more complicated than we think.