The Runaway

In Rockwell's world children disobeyed rules, adolescent girls grappled with social pressures, boys struggled with their evolution into manhood, and, in his most powerful paintings, society confronted issues of race. Many of his images of youth intended to evoke nostalgia, depict real family relationships, and memorialize the everyday. Alternate Title: Runaway Boy and Clown. Approved by the Norman Rockwell Family Agency