The Runaway
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"The Runaway" is a famous 1958 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell depicting a young boy and a kindly policeman seated at a diner counter, capturing a nostalgic, narrative moment of small-town American life.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
illustration
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painting → |
| artisticStyle | illustrative realism → |
| associatedWith |
American popular culture
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Saturday Evening Post-style illustration → |
| colorPalette | warm tones → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| creator | Norman Rockwell → |
| creatorOccupation |
Norman Rockwell
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surface form: "Norman Rockwell was an American illustrator"
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| culturalContext | mid-20th-century America → |
| depictionStyle | staged everyday scene → |
| depicts |
American diner
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diner counter → kindly policeman → policeman → runaway child → small-town American life → young boy → |
| follows | Rockwell’s tradition of narrative cover illustrations → |
| genre |
genre painting
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narrative art → |
| hasPart |
countertop items in diner
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police officer’s uniform → stool at diner counter → suitcase or bundle suggesting running away → |
| hasTitleLanguage | English → |
| inception | 1958 → |
| locationOfScene | diner → |
| mainSubject | boy sitting at a diner counter with a policeman → |
| movement | American realism → |
| narrativeFocus | interaction between boy and policeman → |
| narrativeTheme |
childhood
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nostalgia → protection → small-town values → trust in authority → |
| notableFor |
emotional warmth
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idealized view of American life → storytelling detail → |
| title | The Runaway → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Norman Rockwell"