He was the son of Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Anne Mary "Nancy" (née Hill) Rockwell. Norman Rockwell married his first wife, Irene O'Connor, in 1916. However, the couple were divorced in 1930. His second wife was schoolteacher Mary Barstow. They had t hree children: Jarvis Waring, Thomas Rhodes and Peter Barstow . Mary died of a heart attack In 1959. Rockwell's third wife was Molly Punderson, a retired teacher, whom he married In 1961,
Contour Lines. A perceived line that marks the edge of a figure as it curves back into space. Contour lines are created by the edges of things. Contour lines are lines that surround and define the edges of a subject, giving it shape and volume