Freedom of Worship

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Freedom of Worship is a famous 1943 painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts a diverse group of people praying, illustrating the American ideal of religious liberty.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
alsoKnownAs Freedom to Worship
artisticFocus emotional intimacy
facial expressions
associatedWith World War II war bond drive
surface form: "United States war bond drives"
commissionedBy The Saturday Evening Post
copyrightStatus copyrighted
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
creator Norman Rockwell
depicts American ideal of religious liberty
diverse religious believers
people praying
religious freedom
depictsEthnicGroup European American
surface form: "White Americans"

people of different ethnic backgrounds
exhibitedWith Four Freedoms
surface form: "Freedom from Fear"

Freedom from Want
Freedom of Speech
firstPublishedIn The Saturday Evening Post
genre illustration
war propaganda art
hasInfluenceOn American visual culture of civil liberties
hasPart close-up portraits of worshippers
hands clasped in prayer
subtle religious symbols
hasTitle Freedom of Worship
historicalContext World War II
inception 1943
inspiredBy Four Freedoms
surface form: "Four Freedoms speech"

President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
languageOfTitle English
locationOfOriginal Norman Rockwell Museum
mainSubject freedom of religion
pluralism
tolerance
materialUsed oil paint
movement Realism
surface form: "American Realism"
notableWorkOf Norman Rockwell
partOfSeries Four Freedoms
publicationDate 1943
publicationMedium The Saturday Evening Post
seriesOrdinal second painting in the Four Freedoms series
support canvas
theme American values
religious devotion
unity in diversity
usesColorPalette muted tones

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Freedom of Speech hasSeriesMember Freedom of Worship
Freedom of Worship hasTitle Freedom of Worship
Norman Rockwell notableWork Freedom of Worship