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This artist depicted an elderly man with a red cap leaving his office with a plaid golf bag over his shoulder and a sign on the door reading “Gone on important business.” This artist claimed he “was showing the America [he] knew and observed to others who might not have noticed” with his artworks. A late work by this artist depicts a class full of young students being taught by a bust of Vladimir Lenin. For a (*) publication he called the “greatest show window in America,” this artist depicted a police officer and a young (10[1])runaway at a diner (10[1])in Protect and Serve. This artist created eleven paintings of Private Willie Gillis during World War II, and in another work depicted Ruby (10[1])Bridges being escorted to her (10[1])segregated elementary school. For 10 points, name this artist of The Problem We All Live With who illustrated Saying Grace and Rosie the Riveter for the Saturday Evening Post. ■END■

ANSWER: Norman Rockwell [or Norman Perceval Rockwell]
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
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