Summer 2007 Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women’s Magazine, 1940-1960, by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett
A founder of the modern glamour aesthetic, Alfred Charles Parker (1906-1985), defined the progressive look and feel of published imagery at a time of sweeping change, when Americans, emerging from the trials of economic depression and war, sought symbols of hope and redemption on the pages of our nation’s periodicals. His innovative modernist artworks created for mass-appeal women’s magazines and their advertisers captivated upwardly mobile mid-twentieth century readers, reflecting and profoundly influencing the values and aspirations of American women and their families during the post-war era.
The Cold Facts: Preserving the Museum’s Photographic Negative Collection, by Corry Kanzenberg
The Norman Rockwell Museum is home to more than 18,000 acetate-based photographic negatives, most of which are reference images Norman Rockwell used in his illustrations. Many images in the negative collection have never been published, and are rarely seen by the public.