Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Norman Rockwell Exhibitiion at Crocker Art Museum




American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell


ROCKWELL TripleSelfPortraitNorman Rockwell, Triple Self-Portrait, 1959. Oil on canvas, 44 1/2 x 34 1/3 in. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960. ©1960 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. From the permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum.NOVEMBER 10, 2012  FEBRUARY 3, 2013
This exhibition celebrates the full range of Norman Rockwell's artwork, including rarely circulated works from the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Included in the presentation are original oil paintings of some of his most famous illustrations, drawings, war bond posters, and numerous covers that Rockwell created forThe Saturday Evening Post over nearly five decades. In addition to the artworks on view, personal correspondence and archival photographs offer insight into the life of one of the country's most beloved illustrators.
Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
American Chronicles has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program.
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Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This exhibition is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program; the Henry Luce Foundation; Curtis Publishing Company; Norman Rockwell Estate Licensing Company; and the Stockman Family Foundation.

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