Norman Rockwell Museum Receives Prestigious Grant To Help Publish Permanent Collection Catalogue

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Norman Rockwell Museum has received a $100,000 grant from The Henry Luce Foundation to fund the publication of the first catalogue of the Museum's permanent collection. "American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell" will provide a comprehensive history and overview of the Museum's extensive holdings of original art and archival materials. A spokesperson for the Foundation recognizes the catalogue as "a timely and valuable contribution to the study of American art."

Norman Rockwell Museum holds the world's largest and most significant collection of original art by celebrated American illustrator Norman Rockwell. The Museum collects, preserves, interprets, and provides access to an extensive archive containing the artist's papers, fan mail, photographic references, and published first uses of works. The publication of "American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell" will accompany an extensive national touring exhibition of Rockwell's work to begin in the Fall of 2007.

The American Art Program of The Henry Luce Foundation addresses the need for art museums to enhance public knowledge and deepen scholarship on American art. Established in the early 1980s at a time when there was a dearth of funding for American art, today the Foundation supports scholarly exhibitions and publications that contribute significantly to the study of our nation's treasures.