Stockbridge, MA—June 1, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum’s major summer exhibition, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine, will open on Saturday, June 8, and runs through October 27, 2024. More than 250 original illustrations and cartoons from dozens of creators spanning 70 years of MAD Magazine will be on display. The exhibition also includes MAD memorabilia, a digital display of every MAD cover, and other special features.
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
A Look at Rationing During World War II
Overview:
Students will take a look at the real-life challenges to family life during World War II. They will learn about the requirements and limitations of rationing. Using this information, students will create a budget for a family of four with an annual income of $2000. Their […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
The Golden Rule Anthology
Overview:
We are all alike; we are all different. Students will explore their similarities and differences through poetry. In this poetry study, they will be immersed in reading and writing poems. They will learn about and utilize a variety of poetic tools to create original poems. Their culminating […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Travels With Charlie: In Search of America Book Club
Overview:
Students will read Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck as a class or book club selection. This text is based on Steinbeck’s travels throughout the United States in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. While on his trip, he interviews […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
Overview:
This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and illustrator who had been inspired by the daily events in his everyday life in America. […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
Overview:
This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and illustrator who had been inspired by the daily events in his everyday life in the […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
Overview:
This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and illustrator who had been inspired by the daily events in his everyday life in the USA. Images from books, the internet, written articles and a group discussion will be used to demonstrate how American culture influenced Norman […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
Overview:
This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and renowned American illustrator. Images from books, the internet, written articles and class discussion will be […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
Overview:
This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will then engage in an illustration project including a communal sketch, draft and final piece. The students will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed to […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
Overview:
This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will then begin a long-term illustration project including a schematic layout, first draft and final piece. Each student will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
Overview:
This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will then begin a long-term illustration project including a schematic layout, draft and final piece. Each student will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed to […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
Overview:
This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will work on a long-term illustration project including a schematic layout, draft and final illustration. Each student will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed to […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
Overview:
Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms, which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. By creating a visual inventory of Norman […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
Overview:
Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 State of the Union Address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. Through close reading […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
Overview:
Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms, which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. By creating a visual inventory of Norman […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
Overview:
Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms, which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. By creating a visual inventory of Norman […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
The Golden Rule
Overview:
Students will look at the painting, The Golden Rule by Norman Rockwell and analyze the illustration. A class discussion will allow for students to not only talk about the composition of the painting, but also to analyze the objects and clues to decode the words at the bottom […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Golden Rule Poetry Anthology
Overview:
We are all alike; we are all different. Students explore their similarities and differences through poetry. In this poetry study, they will be immersed in reading and writing poems.They will learn about and utilize a variety of poetic tools to create original poems. Their culminating project is […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Close Reading of The Four Freedoms
Overview:
Students learn about the history and meaning of the Four Freedoms which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 State of the Union Address to Congress. Through close reading and discussion about Norman Rockwell’s illustrations, students identify the narrative behind the Four Freedoms. They identify and discuss details in […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Freedom from Want: What Does Freedom from Want Look Like to You?
Overview:
After having the opportunity to view and discuss Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want, students will reflect on how this freedom is present in their lives. Freedom from Want represents having the basic human necessities, such as food, water, shelter, and companionship. It […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Reimagining the Four Freedoms
Overview:
Students reflect on the significant factors of freedom in today’s society, locally and in the world at large. They create an illustration reflecting a select freedom in today’s world. In addition, they write an argument defending the freedom their illustration reflects. The argument defends their argument with relevant facts and […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Animals
Overview – Animals
How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Journeys
Overview – Journeys
Introduction and Welcome
This week our theme is journeys. Life is a journey and depending on how we choose to think about it each day, month, year we take expected and unexpected journeys. Some involve physical travel, others are journeys in time, unfold in the imagination […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Womanpower
Overview – Womanpower
GRADE
K-6
THEME
Quick Pics
LENGTH
Each Quick Pic activity is about 5-10 minutes in duration, with each being taught one image per day over a week.
DISCIPLINE
Social Studies, Language Arts: Speaking […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Heroes
Overview – Heroes
We are surrounded by ordinary people who are giving themselves to serve others: bus drivers, delivery people, airline workers, grocery store clerks, post office workers, line cooks, police officers, food producers, social workers, janitorial staff, tradespeople, teachers, child care providers, farm workers, utility maintenance professionals, health care workers, […]
Traveling Exhibitions Back to Exhibitions
Norman Rockwell Museum Traveling Exhibitions
The Norman Rockwell Museum has organized for circulation a series of traveling exhibitions that inspire awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment of the art of Norman Rockwell and the ever-vibrant field of illustration. These engaging exhibitions offer a wide range of high-quality installations of original art and related archival materials to museum venues and audiences in diverse geographic locations.
Links to available exhibitions can be […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Compassion and Care
Overview – Compassion For Others
Big Idea for the Week
Staying curious, calm, and in conversation helps us develop understanding, compassion, and empathy for others.
GRADE
K-6
THEME
Quick Pics
LENGTH
Each […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Homecoming Soldier
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, May 26, 1945
Big ideas and Vocabulary
Love, Service, Family, Neighborhood, Home
GRADE
K-6
THEME
Quick Pics
LENGTH
Each Quick Pic activity is about […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: America at the Polls – A Sequential Story
Big Idea
Every voter has a story to tell about how they made their decisions. Voters learn about issues and about candidates, they talk with family, friends, and sometimes co-workers. They read, watch news and social […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Freedom From Want
Introduction:
Freedom from Want is one of four images Norman Rockwell created named the Four Freedoms. He created it in 1943 for Americans to think about having enough to eat as an American ideal worth fighting for. The image also conveys the comfort that goes with […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: The Unity Project
The Unity Project (2020)
Quick Pic: The Unity Project
Big Idea:
Every day we are surrounded by images which catch our attention and may even change our behavior. The Unity Project Images were created to encourage voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election where then President Donald Trump ran against Joseph […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Quick Pics: Sledding
Winter: Sledding (1959) Back to Curriculum
Quick Pic: Winter Sledding
GRADE
K-6
THEME
Quick Pics
LENGTH
Each Quick Pic activity is about 5-10 minutes in duration, with each being taught one image per day over a week.
DISCIPLINE
Social Studies, Language Arts: Speaking and Listening, Art
VOCABULARY
Election, Vote, Sequence, Decision, Conscience
Big Ideas:
Norman Rockwell created this image for […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Drawing a Baby Dragon using Letters and Numbers with Jeff Mack
VIRTUAL PROGRAM – “Just A Story” drawing activity with Jeff Mack
Big Idea
Drawing pictures can be fun and easy, especially when you break down your image into smaller component parts. In this activity, author and illustrator, Jeff Mack, will guide you in drawing a baby […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Civil Rights Movement Book Basket
Overview:
Students engage in reading nonfiction and historical fiction texts which focus on the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s, and life for African American people prior to the movement. The booklist includes biographical, nonfiction, historical fiction, picture books and chapter books appropriate for a variety of interests and reading levels. […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students view Norman Rockwell’s illustration, The Problem We All Live With. Students learn about Ruby Bridges and her story. They look closely at the painting, and share their observations. Based on observed details, students make inferences about the painting, including the artist’s purpose and message.
These activities […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students view Norman Rockwell’s 1964 illustration, The Problem We All Live With. Students learn about Ruby Bridges and her story. They look closely at the details within the painting, and after sharing their observations, make inferences about the painting, including the artist’s purpose and message. […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Civil Rights Book Basket
Overview:
Students engage in reading a variety of books and other resources which focus on the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s and also look at conditions for African American people prior to the movement. Resources include biographical, nonfiction, historical fiction, picture books and chapter books to support a variety of student […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students will examine the illustration, The Problem We All Live With, noticing the details within the context of the painting. They will look closely at the details within the painting, sharing these details. They will make supported inferences from these details, including Norman Rockwell’s purpose and […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students will examine the illustration, The Problem We All Live With, noticing the details within the context of the painting. They will look closely at the details within the painting, sharing these details. They will make supported inferences from these details, including Norman Rockwell’s purpose and […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students will consider what freedoms they have as individuals. They will look at Norman Rockwell’s painting, The Problem We All Live With and analyze the illustration in relation to the civil rights movement. A class discussion will allow students to discuss the painting’s concept and composition, and look closely […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students will consider what freedoms they have as individuals. They will look at the painting, The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell and analyze the illustration in regards to civil rights. A class discussion will allow for students to not only talk about the composition of the […]
DOWNLOAD
Bookmark this page
(press CTRL+D)
The Problem We All Live With
Overview:
Students will consider what freedoms they have as individuals. They will look at the painting, The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell and analyze the illustration in regards to civil rights. A class discussion will allow for students to not only talk about the composition of the […]
Image Credit:
Kadir Nelson (b.1974)
Sweet Liberty, 2020
Oil on Linen
Collection of the Artist
© 2020 Kadir Nelson. Used with permission of the artist.
Concurrent to the Imprinted: Illustrating Race exhibition, this exhibit will be on view from June 11 – October 30, 2022. Featuring recent works, which have never been exhibited publicly, this new touring exhibition is organized by socio-political scientist, Dr. Jungmiwha Bullock and debuts at Norman Rockwell […]
Road Trip! Gala News – April 2022 RSVP
Quick Pics are short 3-5 minute videos that introduce you and your class to a Norman Rockwell image. In each video, you get the opportunity to notice and wonder about the elements and details that go into each image. You will learn some fun facts and you will be invited to participate in an activity inspired by each image. There will be a new theme of images each week. These activities target grades K-4 . You can learn more about this activity, download an accompanying worksheet, and access other curriculum on the NRM Curriculum Lab.
Sketch Club is your chance to get drawing instruction from the Norman Rockwell Museum. These videos are constructed to teach you not only the fundamental elements of drawing but also how to incorporate techniques that add realism to your images. This collection of videos will vary between instructor led classes to simple drawing demonstrations that help you better understand the process of drawing. Enjoy!
From the Archives is a video series that explores the archives of the Norman Rockwell Museum. In these videos, the NRM Curatorial staff will highlight both archival elements both from Norman Rockwell but also from the Museum's broader illustration collection. Each episode will focus on a unique theme.
Art Critic, Norman Rockwell. 1955 Oil on canvas, 39 ½ x 36 ¼” Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, April 16, 1955 From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum ©1955 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN
Stewards of the world’s largest collection of original works by legendary visual storyteller Norman Rockwell, […]
Please scroll down to complete the entire form. You should receive your coupon via email shortly after submitting.
You can print your emailed coupon, or show it on your smartphone at the Admissions Desk to redeem.
*Limited time offer; completed Coupon must be redeemed in-person at Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA before 3/31/2020. Limit one coupon per purchase, per […]
Still have not renewed?
to take advantage of all of the special benefits of membership.
On this website, you can learn about programs, events, and exhibits and more. And we hope you join us on Facebook or Twitter to hear the latest and take advantage of live streamed events.
Thank you for your participation and support of […]
Still have not renewed?
to take advantage of all of the special benefits of membership.
On this website, you can learn about programs, events, and exhibits and more. And we hope you join us on Facebook or Twitter to hear the latest and take advantage of live streamed events.
Thank you for your participation and support of […]
Still have not renewed?
to take advantage of all of the special benefits of membership.
On this website, you can learn about programs, events, and exhibits and more. And we hope you join us on Facebook or Twitter to hear the latest and take advantage of live streamed events.
Thank you for your participation and support of […]
Still have not renewed?
to take advantage of all of the special benefits of membership.
On this website, you can learn about programs, events, and exhibits and more. And we hope you join us on Facebook or Twitter to hear the latest and take advantage of live streamed events.
Thank you for your participation and support of […]
James McMullan, “The Bombing Scare,” 2014, watercolor on paper. From “Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys” at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Credit James McMullan
Our current exhibition Keepers of the Flame: Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell and the Narrative Tradition continues to attract praise from both visitors and the media. This week USA Today included the show in […]
Artist Joe Mathieu will discuss his experiences as a primary illustrator of Sesame Street’s beloved characters for books, magazines, and toys. His art captured the look and feel of the famed television program, leading to a long relationship with Random House and Sesame Street Workshop that continues to this day. In addition to more than 150 books, Mathieu has created art for albums and CD covers, and images for a wide range of clients.
Tuesday, August 13
4:30 p.m. Lemonade on the Terrace
5:00 p.m. Talk
Throughout Norman Rockwell’s career, models played an important part in the development of his artwork. Meet the faces behind the paintings, and learn more about Rockwell’s process from those who worked with the artist during his long career, in celebration of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary.
As decades pass, many of the adult models for Norman Rockwell are no longer with us, except for a few in their 90s. It is primarily the teen and child models, […]
April Fool: Fishing,” Norman Rockwell. 1945. Cover illustration for “The Saturday Evening Post,” March 31, 1945. Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections. ©1945 SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
Hot rods are typically old, classic or modern American cars with large engines modified for faster speed. The origin of the term “hot rod” is unclear. For example, some claim that the term “hot” refers to the vehicle being stolen. Other origin stories include replacing the engine’s camshaft or “rod” with a higher performance version.
The term has broadened to apply to other items that are modified for a particular purpose, such as “hot-rodded amplifier“. […]
Purchase a full-priced adult admission ticket at one of these three venues,
present the specially marked receipt and save $3 at each additional American Icons venue.
May not be combined with other discounts.
Please check individual websites for details, holiday hours, weather delays/closings, and directions
[…]
The Saturday Evening Post: cover, April 1, 1961 (This Sunday will be the 57th anniversary of the Golden Rule).
A group of people of different religions, races and ethnicity served as the backdrop for the inscription “Do Unto Other As You Would Have Them Do Unto You.” Rockwell was a compassionate man, and this simple phrase reflected his philosophy.
“I’d been reading up on comparative religion. The thing is that all major […]
1. the trout, the fishhook and the water, all on the stairway;
2. the stairway running behind the fireplace,
an architectural impossibility;
3. the mailbox;
4. the faucet;
5. wall-paper upside down;
6. wallpaper has two designs;
7. the scissors candlestick;
8. silhouettes upside down;
9. bacon and egg on the decorative plate;
10. the April-fool clock;
11. the portraits;
12. ducks in the living room;
13. zebra looking out […]
Marc Hempel and I first connected when he submitted some comics pages to my fanzine, NUCLEUS. I was in college, just a few years ahead of Marc. He was in his final year of high school. But his age did not show in those early pages. They were sophisticated work, professional in every way – from the storytelling and illustration, to the excellent quality photostats. There was no question that […]
Berkshire Museum (located in Pittsfield, MA) plans to sell 40 works of art, including two Norman Rockwell paintings, which were originally gifted to the Berkshire Museum directly by Norman Rockwell for the education and enjoyment of the community. Norman Rockwell Museum is not involved with the planned sale.
Check out the changing scene here at Norman Rockwell Museum. There's nothing like fall in the Berkshires.
(Choosen monthly)
HANNA-BARBERA: The Architects Of Saturday Morning 
November 12, 2016 to May 29, 2017
Before the rise of basic cable, Saturday mornings for many children in America were spent watching cartoons on one of three available television channels. From 1958 […]
CALL TO ARTISTS
Distinguished Jury to Select from Artists’ Submissions for Inclusion in 6-City Internationally Traveling Exhibition “Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms”
Entry fee: $25
Juried online review. Application and Letter of Intent Due May 26, 2017 […]
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Freedom of Speech, 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 3/4″ x 35 1/2″. Story illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©SEPS: Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN.
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Freedom from Want, 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 3/4″ x 35 1/2″. Story illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, March 6, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©SEPS: Curtis Licensing, […]
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Freedom from Fear, 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 3/4″ X 35 1/2″. Story illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, March 13, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©SEPS: Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN.
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Freedom of Worship, 1943. Oil on canvas, 46″ x 35 1/2″. Story illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 27, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©SEPS: Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN. […]
Norman Rockwell Museum presents the very first retrospective art exhibition for legendary artist Frank Miller. Through […]
Freedom of Speech, Norman Rockwell. 1943.Story illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1943
From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum
©1943 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
This series of Town […]
June 17 through October 29, 2016
The essence of tradition is to invite the challenge that redefines it, and after fifty years on the periphery, realism is being reinvigorated by contemporary artists who see it as a way to address the experiences of living in our complex world. In post-World War II America, the primacy of abstract art was clearly acknowledged, and by 1961, when Norman Rockwell painted...
A Day in the life of a Little Girl!Rockwell used 172 known photos for that August 30, 1952 Saturday Evening Post cover alone!
It would seem that painting thirty-two heads is far more work than one or two, but to Rockwell, whose forte was portraiture, telling a complete story using this method was far less work than a cover with a detailed background. The […]
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
October 14, 2012 – January 6, 2013
For nearly fifty years, millions of Americans brought Norman Rockwell’s art into their homes, enjoying the artist’s Saturday Evening Post covers while seated in their favorite chairs, surrounded by their belongings in the company of their families. This intimate connection with Rockwell’s art made […]
Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
February 20, 2010 – May 23, 2010
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
October 16, 2010 – January 30, 2011
Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY
March 3, 2012 through April 29, 2012
A burgeoning art form with roots planted firmly in history, graphic novels, or long-form comic books, have inspired the interest of the literary establishment and a growing number […]
Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum Cooperstown, NY
October 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
June 28, 2012 – September 9, 2012
Tasha Tudor: Around the Year illuminates the changing seasons and special celebrations with outstanding, rarely seen examples of this beloved author and illustrator’s original art for children’s books and greeting cards highlighting holidays beginning with New Year’s………Christmas, her favorite.
Original […]
Freedom of Speech ©1943 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX
September 16, 2016 through January 13, 2017
Many of Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers during the 1940s were inspired by life on the American homefront during World War II. Rockwell’s powerful Four Freedoms, unforgettable Rosie the […]
Dancing Princesses: The Picture Book Art of Ruth Sanderson
Stories about princes and princesses, and quests and bravery in the face of extraordinary odds, have remained an essential part of our culture’s foundation, shared by parents and children for many generations. A renowned fantasy artist and illustrator of children’s […]
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
November 7, 2009 through May 31, 2010
Photography has been a benevolent tool for artists from Thomas Eakins and Edgar Degas to David Hockney. And to illustrators, always on the lookout for better ways to meet deadlines, the camera has long been a natural ally. But the thousands of photographs Norman Rockwell created as studies for his iconic images are […]
William Steig: Love & Laughter
I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I’ve never felt grown up.
―William Steig
William Steig: Love & Laughter explores the richness of the artist’s imagery―from his 1930s Small Fry series recalling the colorful Bronx neighborhood of his youth, […]
Ella Sharpe Museum of Art & History, Jackson, MI
October 23, 2010 – January 8, 2011
Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, Kansas
December 11, 2011 – February 4, 2012
During his forty-seven year affiliation with The Saturday Evening Post, Norman Rockwell was celebrated for his special holiday cover illustrations, which were commissioned to mark a […]
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
February 4, 2010 through May 16, 2010
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
June 5, 2010 through September 5, 2010
James Gurney’s Dinotopia bring the worlds of science and the imagination to life by chronicling Arthur and Will Denison’s remarkable experiences on a lost island in vibrant color and meticulous detail. Recounted in […]
“Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn White Washing the Fence” lithograph. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections.
In 1935, George Macy, the publisher of the Heritage Press and Limited Editions Club books, invited Norman Rockwell to illustrate Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Rockwell visited Hannibal, Missouri, Twain’s boyhood town, to find authentic details to include in his work. Twain’s vivid descriptions […]
El Paso Museum of Art, Texas
June 12, 2011 – September 4, 2011
Picturing Health: Norman Rockwell and the Art of Illustration will feature original paintings by Norman Rockwell from the Pfizer Collection, which are among the finest examples of the artist’s imagery for advertising. These beloved portrayals inspired Americans to view themselves and their physicians with optimism, and presented the notion that health […]
