The Gossips

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The Gossips is a 1948 Norman Rockwell painting that humorously depicts a chain of people passing along a piece of gossip, culminating with the originator confronted at the end.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
artStyle illustrational realism
colorPalette bright colors
copyrightStatus copyrighted
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Norman Rockwell
depicts chain of people passing gossip
gossip
originator of gossip confronted
genre genre painting
humorous painting
hasPart multiple vignettes of talking figures
hasTitle The Gossips
inception 1948
languageOfTitle English
locationOfFirstPublication United States
mainSubject small-town life
social behavior
medium oil on canvas
movement American Realism
narrativeFocus spread of a rumor
narrativeStructure sequential scenes
notableWorkOf Norman Rockwell
publisher The Saturday Evening Post
theme consequences of gossip
humor in everyday life
use magazine cover illustration
useOfModel Rockwell’s neighbors
Rockwell’s wife
self-portrait of Norman Rockwell

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Gossips
hasTitle
Norman Rockwell
notableWork

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