# Lift Up Thine Eyes

By [Norman Rockwell](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/norman-rockwell.md>), 1957.

A worker letters a sign at St. Thomas Church in New York while pedestrians pass with their eyes lowered. Birds rise above the Gothic entrance. The painting appeared in McCall’s in March 1969.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on board
- Dimensions: 28 × 22 inches
- Collection: [BYU Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-917edacaf7583e76.md>)

[View collection record](<https://moa.byu.edu/civilization-at-the-byu-museum-of-art/lift-up-thine-eyes>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A worker on a ladder changes a church sign to read Lift Up Thine Eyes as pedestrians look down and birds rise above the Gothic doorway.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-917edacaf7583e76-343767d1c09a3079/full.jpg?v=3665a948c331b0cf6179c89c082ffad13e47f8290aa1606efa378b58b0f29f43>)

## Sources & credits

- Artwork: Norman Rockwell. Reproduction shared by Tim Montgomerie via Flickr, with BYU Museum of Art’s Shaping America site credited in the image title. Matched to the BYU Museum of Art record.
- Brigham Young University Museum of Art, anonymous gift.
- [Image source](<https://www.flickr.com/photos/122455144@N05/15535132586/>)
- Artwork information from Brigham Young University Museum of Art.

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