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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf illustration
painting
artisticStyle illustrative realism
associatedWith American popular culture
Saturday Evening Post-style illustration
colorPalette warm tones
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
creator Norman Rockwell
creatorOccupation Norman Rockwell
surface form: "Norman Rockwell was an American illustrator"
culturalContext mid-20th-century America
depictionStyle staged everyday scene
depicts American diner
diner counter
kindly policeman
policeman
runaway child
small-town American life
young boy
follows Rockwell’s tradition of narrative cover illustrations
genre genre painting
narrative art
hasPart countertop items in diner
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
nostalgia
protection
small-town values
trust in authority
notableFor emotional warmth
idealized view of American life
storytelling detail
title The Runaway

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

Rockwell hasNotableWork The Runaway
subject surface form: "Norman Rockwell"
Norman Rockwell notableWork The Runaway