Five Norman Rockwell works of art go up for auction Friday with the proceeds going to compensate thousands of survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Over the span of six decades, the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America commissioned dozens of pieces from the artist Norman Rockwell. This Friday, four of his paintings will be auctioned by Dallas’ Heritage Auctions to raise money for the Boy Scouts’ settlement fund, which is tasked with compensating survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

For more than 50 years, the artist Norman Rockwell helped shape the reputation of the Boy Scouts, with paintings illustrating scout vows such as being trustworthy, loyal, kind, clean and brave. On Friday, more than two dozen of Rockwell's Boy's Life ...

Works from the Boy Scouts of America's art collection, including some paintings by Norman Rockwell, will go up for auction to help compensate tens of thousands of people, mainly men, who were sexually abused while in scouting.

The first batch of artwork from the Boy Scouts of America's collection raised over $3.7 million at auction Friday to help pay the compensation owed to those who were sexually abused while in scouting.

Boy Scouts of America is aiming to compensate hundreds of former scouts who were sexually abused by selling its artwork collection, including historic paintings from Norman Rockwell. The collection of more than 300 works has an estimated value of approximately $60 million,