Norman Rockwell's Baseball Prints
Norman Rockwell's Baseball Paintings
Norman Rockwell and Baseball
Rockwell produced several baseball paintings that fans around the world have come to love such as “Gramps at the Plate,” "The Dugout", “The Rookie,” a scene that includes Ted Williams inside the Red Sox clubhouse; and “100th Anniversary of Baseball” that shows a 19th century pitcher winding up, wearing red-and-white striped socks and cap. Rockwell’s “The Three Umpires” (also known as “Bottom of the Sixth” and “Game Called Because of Rain”) appeared on the April 23, 1949, edition of the Saturday Evening Post. It is one of the Rockwell oil paintings housed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame collection. (Photo courtesy of Norman Rockwell Museum.) The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown has two Rockwell oil paintings in its collection – “100th Anniversary” and “Three Umpires,” also called “Bottom of the Sixth” and “Game Called Because of Rain.”
