Freedom of Speech

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oil painting painting

Freedom of Speech is a famous 1943 painting by Norman Rockwell, part of his Four Freedoms series, depicting an ordinary citizen standing to speak at a town meeting as a visual celebration of democratic free expression.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting → painting →
artForm	painting →
collection	Norman Rockwell Museum →
colorPalette	muted earth tones →
copyrightStatus	copyrighted →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Norman Rockwell →
depicts	free expression → ordinary citizen → public discourse → seated community members → standing male speaker → town meeting →
depictsSetting	Vermont town meeting →
firstPublishedIn	The Saturday Evening Post →
genre	American realism → illustration →
hasCulturalSignificance	iconic image of American democratic values →
hasPart	dark background crowd → meeting agenda in speaker’s pocket → rows of listeners → standing figure in work clothes → wooden benches →
hasSeriesMember	Freedom from Fear → Freedom from Want → Freedom of Worship →
hasTitle	Freedom of Speech →
inception	1943 →
inspiredBy	Four Freedoms speech → Franklin D. Roosevelt →
languageOfTitle	English →
location	Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts →
locationOfCreation	Arlington, Vermont →
mainSubject	civic participation → democracy → freedom of speech →
movement	American realism →
notableWorkOf	Norman Rockwell →
partOfSeries	Four Freedoms →
publicationDate	1943 →
publisher	The Saturday Evening Post →
seriesPosition	first of the Four Freedoms →
timePeriodDepicted	early 1940s United States →
usedFor	World War II war bond drive →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Freedom of Worship →	exhibitedWith
Norman Rockwell →	hasNotableWork
Norman Rockwell →	notableWork