Rockwell Center News
CONFERENCE: Illustration Across Media: Nineteenth Century to Now
The Society of Fellows at the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces a seminal conference:
LOCATION: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri,
DATE: March 21-23, 2019
CONVENED BY: The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the D. B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Norman Rockwell has a New York City street in his name
Read the following New York Times article by James Barron to learn how high school students were inspired to have a New York City street renamed to honor Norman Rockwell. Manhattan Street is Renamed After
2011 Rockwell Center Scholar, Michael Lobel Awarded the 28th Annual Eldredge Prize for His Book John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Michael Lobel for his book John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration (Yale University Press, 2014). The jurors
ILLUSTRATOR JERRY PINKNEY RECEIVES TWO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Cover illustration for The Little Match Girl Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to congratulate beloved picture book illustrator Jerry Pinkney on his historic receipt of two lifetime achievement awards in a single day—as
Remembering Joyce K. Schiller
Photo of Joyce K. Schiller, inaugural curator of the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, Norman Rockwell Museum. Norman Rockwell Museum is sad to learn and report of the passing of Joyce. K.
Museum Debuts New Online Illustration History Resource
Illustration History website On August 15, Norman Rockwell Museum will debut a new, comprehensive, online resource dedicated to the art of illustration. Join us at the Museum this Saturday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. as we
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Acclaimed Exhibition closes in 6 Days at Norman Rockwell Museum - mailchi.mp/nrm/heartwarming-art-and-fun-at-norman-rockwell-museum-236777
Did you see a painting you have never seen before? Did you introduce a friend to one of your old favorites? Did you experience something that changed your mind? Were you inspired to do something in your community?
We are so grateful you joined us this season in the galleries, at a traveling exhibit produced by the Museum featured in another city, or on line. Norman Rockwell Museum is here to help you make memories, and to share inspiring art with everyone.
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First published on the October 24 1959 cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Family Tree by Norman Rockwell was inspired by a 12th-century Dutch chart provided by a reference librarian at the nearby Berkshire Athenaeum. The consistency of family features through the generations is assured by Rockwell's use of the same model for either the man or the woman in each couple on the tree.
Find the original oil painting in our galleries, and order custom prints from our museum store here: prints.nrm.org/search/q/family+tree
This Saturday at Norman Rockwell Museum- help us celebrate art in its many different mediums.
View beautiful paintings on display as part of our exhibition "Keepers of the Flame: Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell and The Narrative Tradition" (now in its final week). At 1 p.m., join artist Patrick O'Donnell for a digital painting workshop, where you'll learn of new methods for creative expression; and stick around at 5 p.m. for a talk with scratchboard artist Bri Hermanson Illustration. Did we mention Norman Rockwell's original Stockbridge studio? Still open for the season during regular business hours. Check www.nrm.org for more details on this exciting weekend!
Left: Bri Hermanson, portrait of Norman Rockwell. ©Bri Hermanson.
Right: Norman Rockwell, "Checkers," 1929.
Story illustration for "With an Incident of the Circus as Remembered by Courtney Ryley Cooper," Ladies' Home Journal, July 1929. Oil on canvas, 40 1/2" x 44 1/2". Norman Rockwell Museum Collections.
Meet the Artist! Saturday evening, October 20, 5-6 pm; Join us for an engaging conversation with noted illustrator Bri Hermanson about her artistic inspirations, including master visual storyteller, Norman Rockwell.
Learn more... www.nrm.org/event/inspired-by-rockwell-three-artists-speak/
Bri Hermanson Illustration