'Norman Rockwell Was Antifa': Artist's Granddaughter Bashes Trump Admin for Hijacking His Art [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
Dec 30th, 2025, 12:00 am
Norman Rockwell’s granddaughter lambasted the Trump administration for its use of his iconic paintings, pointing out that the famous artist was well known for being “angry at unjust prejudices” and expressing that through his artwork.
Throughout this first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, federal government agencies have approached social media and other communications with an attitude far different than previous administrations, frequently using memes and aggressively insulting critics, political opponents, and the media — and they’ve often run roughshod over both decorum and intellectual property rights in the process.
The Defense Department was criticized by the publisher of the children’s book series Franklin the Turtle for its unauthorized use of their reptilian protagonist. Memes posted by the Department of Homeland Security have been criticized for including what many viewed as thinly-disguised white supremacist slogans; DHS also received a cease and desist letter from the Chicago Sun-Times for “blatant infringements” of its photographs.
DHS has used or adapted Rockwell’s art multiple times this year to promote its messages, horrifying the artist’s granddaughter Daisy Rockwell, reported The Bulwark’s Catherine Rampell, who interviewed her at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts.
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