He created portraits of happiness that graced magazine covers around the country. But a new biography of Norman Rockwell suggests that the artist's personal life was rocky, and sometimes a mess.

His father, Norman Rockwell, depicted his childhood on covers of The Saturday Evening Post. The worms came later. By Michael S. Rosenwald “Freedom of Speech,” the World War II-era painting by Norman ...

The drawings, by Norman Rockwell, of visitors looking to speak with the president, once hung near the Oval Office. By Colin Moynihan Four editors, a creative director and a visual artist met to debate ...