# The Organ Grinder

By [Norman Rockwell](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/norman-rockwell.md>), 1920.

Painting reproduced on The Country Gentleman cover of July 31, 1920. Children gather around an organ grinder and a small monkey sitting on his instrument.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvasboard
- Dimensions: 57.2 × 57.2 cm
- Gallery: [Norman Rockwell — Wikimedia Commons](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-84bf2b961be0c488.md>)

[View at Wikimedia Commons](<https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/american-paintings-drawings-sculpture-n08449/lot.95.html>)

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

## Image

![Children gather around an organ grinder and a small monkey sitting on his instrument.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-454410c3abf22644-53a5c4dc1bd9d569/full.jpg?v=87cbd958fd66d923d60e09e33d60eb6814755e3784f7184685c33b95827f517b>)

## Sources & credits

- Norman Rockwell, 1920. Image: Sotheby’s, via Wikimedia Commons. Artwork public domain in the United States.
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norman_Rockwell_-_The_organ_grinder_(1920).jpg>)
- Public-domain artwork reproductions from the credited museum and auction sources, via Wikimedia Commons.

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