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** A number of his later ''Post'' covers were simple portraits of well-known figures including [[Richard M Nixon]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Alex Ross is cited as "The Norman Rockwell of Comics". Illustrator C.F. Payne's back cover paintings for ''Reader's Digest'' have also been frequently compared to Rockwell's work.
** Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light[[TradesnarkTradesnark™|(tm)]] wants to be Norman Rockwell so very badly ("painting for the people"), but thinks that means painting landscapes with buildings so brightly lit that "[http://voidmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-madness-of-thomas-kincade/ seem consumed from within by raging infernos.]"
** [[Frank Capra]], though more a contemporary than a successor, could be seen as filmdom's answer to Rockwell.
* [[Sweetheart Sipping]]: [http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/images/1921-Norman-Rockwell-Crush-advertisement-Orange-Crush-An-Orange-Crush-350-Digimarc.jpg This Orange Crush advertisement].