Spring 1998 - Norman Rockwell Museum

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10Twain's hometown, to sketchthe town and the mighty riverthat were the settings for bothbooks. With a strong sense ofplace and the authentic detailsgathered on the trip, Rockwellwas able to create the memorableillustrations that, for somany people, are the definitiveportraits of Tom and Huck.Two years later, a commissionto illustrate a biography ofLouisa May Alcott, author ofLittle Women, took Rockwell toAlcott's home in Concord,Massachusetts, now. a museum."Sitting in her bedroom, whereeverything was just as it hadbeen when she was alive, I had areal sense of the period ... And Ithink I did better illustrationsbecause of it."As a result of these importantseries of story and book illustrations,Rockwell was again ableto tell his own stories throughcover illustration. The Postcovers done between 1936 and1939 include some of his mosthumorous and memorable ones.He continued as an importantcover artist, even though hisgreat friend and supporter, Posteditor George Horace Lorimer,left the magazine in 1936. Thehard realities of life depictingeconomic difficulties still didnot appear on the magazine'scover. Like many movies of thetime, Rockwell's humorousimages focused on happier andperhaps simpler times.By the late 1930s, Rockwell'swanderlust again began tosurface. "When I've lived in oneplace for too long, ideas beginto come harder. Things godead for me because I'm toofamiliar with them. Theybecome a pattern. I need achange." A family vacation tripto England in 1938, whichincluded a memorable meetingwith the illustrator ArthurRackham, was not enough tostem the tide. The Englishcountryside reminded Rockwellof his youthful summers spenton upstate New York farms. Ontheir return, Mary and Normandrove to Vermont to look atfarms, with the intention offinding a summer retreat. Theirfirst idyllic summer in Arlington,Vermont, however, convincedthem that a better lifecould be found there for theirfamily. New models and newstory lines presented themselvesto the illustrator daily. In 1939,the Rockwell family moved toArlington full-time.Although the United Stateswas not yet involved, the end ofthe 1930s found a world warraging, All of the influences andfactors of the 1930s-marriageand family, Lorimer's retirementfrom the Post, and themove to Arlington-hadbrought Norman Rockwellthrough a time of personal andprofessional challenges but stillleft him singularly unaffected bythe crises of the outside world.In the 1940s, this would change.The Second World War wouldpresent Norman Rockwell withhis greatest professional opportunitiesand challenges and establishhim as not only the leadingillustrator but perhaps the mostpopular artist of the time.The quotations in this article are fromNorman Rockwell. My Adventures asan Illustrator. published in 1988 by HarryN. Abrams. Incorporated. New York.Southwest SojournON SEPTEMBER 8-19, TI-ffi NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM,the Berkshire Museum and the Bennington Museum are co-sponsoringa trip to the Southwest. Join this three-museum excursion toPhoenix, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Zion and BryceNational Parks and the Acoma Indian Reservation.This tour to the important museums of the Southwest, nativeAmerican Indian sites and National Parks has been organized byMaureen Johnson Hickey, Ed.D., Director, Berkshire Art Gallery.The Southwest trip with a tour leader features first-class accommodations,fine restaurants, a private coach, and tours to themuseums and the most interesting sites of the area. Departure willbe on Northwest Airlines from Hartford to Phoenix with the returnout of Albuquerque.For a.detailed itinerary, please call Maureen Johnson Hickey at413-528-2690.Saturday June 6thSAVE THE DATEDo we have a New Deal for You!Come to The Blue Skies Clubat the Norman Rockwell MuseumRelive (or discover for the first time!) the BigBand sound of the 1930's. Dance the LindyHop and dine under a tent on the museumterrace. Happy Days are here again at TheBlue Skies Club! Invitation to follow.For advance reservations call 413-2 9 8-4120
Museum ReferenceCenter DonationsDUE TO OUR DESIRE TO BRING YOU COVERAGE OF A VERY BUSYschedule of museum activities in the past year and a half, we have not hadthe opportunity to announce the donations to the museum reference centersince our fall 1996 Portfolio. Listed here, in the order in which they werereceived, are the many thoughtful and generous gifts received between June1996 and December 1997.The Boy Scouts ofAmerica Great TrailsCouncil #243 of Dalton,MA: Bound volume of 1955Boys' Life magazines.Mr. Walter Hawver ofCohoes, NY: Two photos,one of Linda Darnell withNR and one of Linda Darnellin NR's studio.Mr. Norman Gautreau ofRevere, MA: Photo ofNRwith Norman Gautreau.Mr. Philip N. Linde ofArlington, vr: NormanRockwell Artist and Illustratorby Thomas Buechner, Phil theFiddler by Horatio Alger, andmemorabilia relating toLinde's work with NR on thepainting Norman RockwellVisitf a Family Doctor.Mr. Joel Holt ofChristiansted, St. Croix:Official Program of the 43rdpresidential inauguration,illustrated by NR.Mr. Shane McCormackof Wicklow, Ireland: Fivetear sheets of advertisementsillustrated by NR.The Gillette Company ofJanesville, WI: Ten photographsofNR with ParkerPen models.Ms. Kathleen M. RaberJohnson of Albin, IN: A1952 typewritten letter toMiss Raber from NR.Mr. Wendell Minor ofWashington, CT: Sevenchildren's books illustrated bythe donor.Ms. Pauline D. Pierce ofStockbridge, MA: Photo ofNR with Frank Sinatra.Mr. Henry H. Williams,Jr. of Stockbridge, MA:Various NR stamps and firstdayissue envelopes, one issueof Look magazine, NormanRockwell's World of Scouting byWilliam Hillcourt, Spirit ofScouting medals, porcelainplaque of Spirit of America.Mr. Eric Corbett Williamsof Lenox, MA: Boy Scouts ofAmerica certificate and datacard illustrated by NR.Harriet and RobertJedekin of Eastchester, NY:Two issues of CountryGentleman magazine withcovers by NR.Reverend John R.Kenny, Jr. of Goshen, CT:One copy of Over There sheetmusic with cover by NR.Estate of Henry W.Scovill 2nd, Stockbridge,MA: Negatives, photographicprints, and ephemera relatingto the life and work ofNR.Ms. Ruth Silverstein ofWashington, DC: Reader'sDigest Condensed Books containingthe story NormanRockwell's Greatest Painting.Anne and David Bramanof Stockbridge, MA: Berkshire:Two Hundred Years inPictures and 29 magazinescontaining articles about orillustrations by NR.Mr. Philip N. Linde ofArlington, vr: Handwrittenletter from Mary Rockwell toPhilip Linde, 1949.Ms. JosephineNieuwenhuis of San Diego,CA: The New Yorker Album ofDrawings and The British Bookof Illustration.Mr. Eric Wtlska of TheBook Loft of GreatBarrington, MA: The Book ofCommon Prayer, inscribed toNR by the rector of St. Paul'sChurch, Stockbridge and Thisis My Country (NR's Atlas).Jack and Shirley Mandelof Pittsfield, MA: SaturdayEvening Post of February 14,1959.Ms. Kim Conley ofLenox, MA: The Knave ofHearn illustrated by MaxfieldParrish, The Garden Behindthe Moon by Howard Pyle,Thinking with a Pencil byHenning Nelms.Mrs. Ruth SchaaffRussell of Sarasota, FL:Two Saturday Evening PostNorman Rockwell performs an unorthodoxpainting teclmique on his last story-telling paintingfor the Saturday Evening Post cover, November 3,1962, of a night watchman in an armory.covers by NR, two copies ofthe Saturday Evening Postinsert A Norman RockwellAlbum, various prints, photosand tear sheets relating toNR's work for MassachusettsMutual Life Insurance Co.Mr. Irwin Steinberg ofSpring Valley, NY: 63Saturday Evening Post covertear sheets, 20 tear sheets ofadvertisements illustrated byNR, eight Boys' Life magazinecovers, one Literary Digestmagazine and one St. Nicholasmagazme.Ms. Laurie NortonMoffatt of Stockbridge, MA:My Adventures as an Illustratorby N onnan Rockwell, firstedition copy inscribed by NR.Mr. Richard Ross ofNorwalk, CT: Two Boys' Lifemagazines with covers by NR.Ms. Betsy Holtzinger andMr. Richard Herrick ofStockbridge, MA: Threegraduation hoods (probablyworn by NR upon receivinghonorary college diplomas),watercolor landscape byGrace Barstow, gouacheportrait of Gwilym Price byJarvis Rockwell, a man's whitecotton suit and a white apron(possibly used as costumes).
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