Freedom of Speech (painting)

Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech
Artist	Norman Rockwell
Year	1943
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	116.2 cm × 90 cm (45.75 in × 35.5 in)
Location	Norman Rockwell Museum, ; Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States

Freedom of Speech is the first of the Four Freedoms paintings by Norman Rockwell, inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address, known as Four Freedoms.

The painting was published in the February 20, 1943, issue of The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Booth Tarkington.^[2] Rockwell felt that this and Freedom of Worship were the most successful of the set.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ""Freedom of Speech," 1943". Norman Rockwell Museum. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference MaM61 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hennessey and Knutson, p. 102.

[FreedomOfSpeech_NRMuseum-1] ""Freedom of Speech," 1943". Norman Rockwell Museum. Retrieved April 7, 2024.

[MaM61-2] Cite error: The named reference MaM61 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[HaK102-3] Hennessey and Knutson, p. 102.

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