Norman Rockwell working on Golden Rule in his studio, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1960. © Licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing Company, Niles, IL.
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During his career, Norman Rockwell occupied approximately twenty studios, and each of them was arranged in a similar manner. Unlike the stereotypical disheveled artist’s studio, Rockwell’s were always neat and organized. His creativity and prolific production seemed to depend on a physical environment of tidy organization.
In celebration of the Norman Rockwell Museum’s 40th anniversary, this refreshed installation of the workspace that Rockwell considered his “best studio yet” invites viewers to enter into a day in his profoundly busy work life, and to ponder the aesthetic and practical concerns that informed the artist’s imagery and experience.
