Gift of A. S. McWilliams Comics to Norman Rockwell Museum

In the middle of July the sons of illustrator and comic strip artist Alden Spurr McWilliams (1917-1993) made a significant gift of 33 original strips and Sunday paper boards to the Norman Rockwell Museum. The previous year, one of the sons and his wife visited the museum and talked with curator Joyce Schiller about Al McWilliams, his career, and the care and preservation of the work that remained.

McWilliams, also known as “Mac,” trained at the […]

Gift of A. S. McWilliams Comics to Norman Rockwell Museum2017-03-01T11:39:08-05:00

Blechman Gift to Norman Rockwell Museum

 

Earlier this summer, the acclaimed illustrator, animator, children’s book author, graphic novelist, and editorial cartoonist R. O. Blechman donated one of his works of art to the Norman Rockwell Museum. This work had been shown in Blechman’s spring 2013 museum exhibition, R. O. Blechman: The Inquiring Line, one of the series of focus exhibits the museum offers called the Distinguished Illustrators series of exhibitions produced by the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies. Even though the […]

Blechman Gift to Norman Rockwell Museum2017-03-01T11:39:08-05:00

Stockbridge, MA—A Home for Illustrators and Artists at the Turn of the Century.

Did you know that prior to Norman Rockwell and his family moving to Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1953, that Stockbridge had been a locale with its own bevy of artists and illustrators? And not just the sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) either.

While Daniel Chester French had grown up in Concord, Massachusetts, he had also lived in New York, Rome, Washington, D.C., and Paris. In 1897 French returned to Massachusetts creating a home, studio, and gardens off […]

Stockbridge, MA—A Home for Illustrators and Artists at the Turn of the Century.2017-03-01T11:39:11-05:00

“The Green Hills of Earth”

A question for you science fiction fans. Where was Robert Heinlein’s short story “The Green Hills of Earth” first published? And who illustrated the story? To answer these questions check out the current Exploring Illustration posting on the Rockwell Center web site!

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George B. Bridgman drawings in NRM collections

While our name is still the Norman Rockwell Museum, we are also, as our subtitle says a home of American illustration art. The subtitle says it all. Our collections of American illustration art are growing and are rather diverse. From illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg and Charles Dana Gibson, to work by some perhaps more obscure names in the world of American illustration art (William J. Aylward, Fred Eng, Robert Lynn Lambdin, and Philip W. Prugh).

In 2010 […]

George B. Bridgman drawings in NRM collections2017-03-01T11:39:40-05:00

Rockwell Center Lecture–Saturday April 6, 2013

Ms. Emily Schiller will give a public lecture at the Norman Rockwell Museum on Saturday April 6, 2013 at 5:30 pm. Ms. Schiller is a 2012 recipient of a Rockwell Center Dissertation Fellowship, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Her dissertation, titled “Unsettled Masses: Transportation in American Art During the 1930s and 1940s,” is focused on artistic representations of mass transit during the Great Depression and World War II. It specifically looks at how passengers appear on subways, elevated […]

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New essay on Rockwell Center web site

On March 21, 2013, the Rockwell Center will offer another new posting exploring a work of illustration art. Lately we’ve been very fortunate to host a run of guest writers for these essays. Tomorrow our colleague, Dr. Heather Campbell Coyle, Curator of American Art at the Delaware Art Museum, will share her comments on a cover illustration for Puck magazine from March 19, 1913 honoring Easter as well as the controversial Armory Show. Check it out […]

New essay on Rockwell Center web site2017-03-01T11:39:49-05:00

Witches Night Out

Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, is one of the times that harmful spirits are said to be active. In the U.S., we take that concept to mean that witches, among other spirits, are out that night seeing what mischief they can get into. Since we link witches and Halloween together, it is not uncommon to see Halloween cover illustrations for popular magazines that show a witch out riding her broom...

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Patriots Day April 16 in Massachusetts

Today, April 16, 2012, is Patriots Day in Massachusetts. This is a civic holiday that commemorates the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War. See the related posting on the Rockwell Center website about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride” at http://www.rockwell-center.org/exploring-illustration/paul-reveres-ride/

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Illuminating Darkness (A Rockwell Center Posting)

Illuminating Darkness

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) | And the Symbol of Welcome is Light, 1920 | Advertising illustration for Mazda Edison Company | Oil on canvas | Collection of General Electric Lighting Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Recently in the New York Times (Sunday, January 8, 2012) there was an article […]

Illuminating Darkness (A Rockwell Center Posting)2017-03-01T11:40:20-05:00

Gifts of Art!

The enthusiastic stewards of the world's largest, most significant collection of original artworks by Norman Rockwell, the Norman Rockwell Museum is also fortunate to hold a growing collection of illustration art highlighting the contributions of historic and contemporary masters. Many important artworks have come to us through the generosity of caring donors who seek to find an appropriate home for their treasured collections. This is the first among several upcoming posts sharing stories of the art that have been entrusted to us, and the individuals whose passion has, most fortunately, led them to our door.

Gifts of Art!2017-03-01T11:41:15-05:00
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