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Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)
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Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)
The
Four Freedoms
is a series of four 1943 oil paintings by the American artist
Norman Rockwell
. The paintings—
Freedom of Speech
,
Freedom of Worship
,
Freedom from Want
, and
Freedom from Fear
—are each approximately × , and are now in the
Norman Rockwell Museum
in
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
. The four freedoms refer to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
's January 1941
Four Freedoms
State of the Union address
in which he identified essential
human rights
that should be universally protected. The theme was incorporated into the
Atlantic Charter
, and became part of the charter of the
United Nations
. The paintings were reproduced in
The Saturday Evening Post
over four consecutive weeks in 1943, alongside essays by prominent thinkers of the day. They became the highlight of a touring exhibition sponsored by
The Post
and the
U.S. Department of the Treasury
. The exhibition and accompanying sales drives of
war bonds
raised over $132 million.
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