I am not a connie-sewer of fine paintings.
My favorite paintings are by Norman Rockwell, his works are understandable to anyone who observes people and life in general here in the United States.
Every face tells a story by itself, the detailing is almost photographic, far more than any other paintings I've seen.
He painted a girl with disheveled clothes and a black eye sitting outside the principals office with a shit-eating grin.
He had trouble with the black eye because it's not black, it's blue/purple/red/yellow.
He offered a $5 reward for anyone with a black eye he could use for guidance... hey, back in the day $5 was significant.

This painting from 1948 is called April Fool. He painted in 57 intentional mistakes for you to find.
One of them was the girl has long hair on one side and a braid on the other.
Then it dawned on me, he was born in 1894 and at this point he had seen a whole different world than we whippersnappers grew up in.
In a painting, photograph, or on the street, seeing a girl with hair like that wouldn't seem unusual to me.
I'll let you find the other 56.


And the key.

More Rockwell...
https://totallyhistory.com/norman-rockwell-paintings/
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/01/rockwell-fifties-part-iii/
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/02/rockwell-fifties-part-ii-iii/
 


 

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