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American chronicles : the art of Norman Rockwell

Title
American chronicles : the art of Norman Rockwell / written by Linda Szekely Pero, designed by Rita Marshall, and edited by Wren Bernstein, and Kimberly A. Rawson with production by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett and Kimberly A. Rawson.
Author
Pero, Linda Szekely.
Publication
Stockbridge, Mass. : Norman Rockwell Museum ; [United States] : Excelsior Printing Co., 2007.

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  • Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
  • Bernstein, Wren.
  • Marshall, Rita.
  • Moffatt, Laurie Norton.
  • Plunkett, Stephanie Haboush.
  • Rawson, Kimberly A.
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge.
  • Fidelity Foundation.
  • Henry Luce Foundation.
  • National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program.
  • Norman Rockwell Estate Licensing Co.
  • Stockman Family Foundation.
Description
272 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Summary
"American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell explores Norman Rockwell's unparalleled role as an American icon-maker and storyteller. The book, a catalogue to a special exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum, traces the evolution of Rockwell's art and iconography throughout his career - from carefully choreographed reflections on childhood innocence in such paintings as No Swimming (1921) to powerful, consciousness-raising images like The Problem We All Live With (1964), which documented the traumatic realities of desegregation in the South." "American Chronicles demonstrates how Rockwell's images provided Americans with a vocabulary for describing and celebrating themselves, their country, and their experiences in the twentieth century. Written in an engaging style and from an insider's point of view, the book begins with Rockwell's early life, student years, and career in Manhattan, Mamaroneck, and New Rochelle, New York. In subsequent chapters, the author explores Rockwell's life and artworks when he lived in Arlington, Vermont, and later in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the life of a famous working artist for his last 25 years."--BOOK JACKET.
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  • Publication made possible by Fidelity Investments through Fidelity Foundation, a grant by National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program, generous publication support by Henry Luce Foundation, and additional sponsorship from The Curtis Publishing Co. & The Saturday Evening Post, The Norman Rockwell Estate Licensing Co. Conservation support by Stockman Family Foundation.
Contents
Sect. 1. New York -- Sect. 2. Vermont -- Sect. 3. Stockbridge -- The Artist's Process -- Exhibition Chronology -- Chief Curator's Afterword.
ISBN
  • 9780961527334 (soft cover)
  • 0961527331 (soft cover)
  • 9780961527327 (hard cover)
  • 0961527323 (hard cover)
OCLC
  • ocn184738104
  • 184738104
  • SCSB-5381626
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Columbia University Libraries