Two Old Men and Dog: Hunting Painted in 1950 Norman Rockwell was commissioned to illustrate the Brown & Bigelow Four Seasons calendars from 1948 through 1964. Each year, the calendar had one central #theme for which four separate illustrations were made, one for each #season . Rockwell's 1950 series told the story of two men and their #loyaldog . The group of three is pictured playing chess in winter, fishing in spring, swimming in summer and, as illustrated in the present work, #hunting in fall. Correspondence from Brown & Bigelow dated October 1969 discussing the present work reads, "This picture will increase in value every year. Incidentally we will no longer sell any original paintings so your customer really has a collector's item." The correspondence and original sales receipt dated February 28, 1960 #normanrockwell #art #painting #artist #fall