File:Norman Rockwell - The Rookie.jpg

Summary
Norman Rockwell's painting of "The Rookie," on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Many believe it is about Mickey McDermott. Figuring prominently in the work, right of center, is “the rookie,” who was actually Sherman Safford, a high school athlete in Pittsfield, MA, asked to model for the painting.

Fair Use Rationale in Norman Rockwell
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 * 1) This is a piece of art that is demonstrative of one of the main venues of Norman Rockwell's artistic output. The Rookie is of a subject that entirely consists of a central focus of American culture.
 * 2) The subject of the image is a historically significant artwork as one of the cornerstone in the career of the most famous American painter of the first half of the 20th century.
 * 3) The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the most important art work in the article.
 * 4) Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it exemplifies an important topic from this article.
 * 5) copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original,
 * 6) the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism,
 * 7) there is no alternative, public domain or free-copyrighted replacement available.

Note the Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post illustrations is under a licensed trademark by Curtis Publishing, the website from whence this image came.

Fair Use Rationale in Mickey McDermott
The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:


 * 1) This is a piece of art that is demonstrative of one of the main venues of Norman Rockwell's artistic output. The Rookie is of a subject that entirely consists of a central focus of American culture - Baseball. Baseball player Mickey McDermott is the subject of the illustration by Norman Rockwell.
 * 2) The subject of the image is a historically significant artwork as one of the cornerstone in the career of the most famous American painter of the first half of the 20th century.
 * 3) The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the most important art work in the article.
 * 4) Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it exemplifies an important topic from this article.
 * 5) copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original,
 * 6) the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism,
 * 7) there is no alternative, public domain or free-copyrighted replacement available.

Note the Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post illustrations is under a licensed trademark by Curtis Publishing, the website from whence this image came.

Fair Use Rationale in The Rookie (painting)
The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:


 * 1) This is a piece of art that is demonstrative of one of the main venues of Norman Rockwell's artistic output. The Rookie is of a subject that entirely consists of a central focus of American culture. The Wikipedia page The Rookie (painting) is specifically about this painting, and an image of the painting therein conveys information that connot be conveyed by words alone.
 * 2) The subject of the image is a historically significant artwork as one of the cornerstone in the career of the most famous American painter of the first half of the 20th century.
 * 3) The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the art work specifically discussed in the article.
 * 4) Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article, because the article is specifically about the work of art depicted.
 * 5) copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original,
 * 6) the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism,
 * 7) there is no alternative, public domain or free-copyrighted replacement available.

Note the Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post illustrations is under a licensed trademark by Curtis Publishing, the website from whence this image came.