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Drawing Inspiration: Top Illustrators Describe Favorite Rockwell Paintings I NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM FROM THE DIRECTOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lee Williams, President Michelle G ill ett, First Vice President Perri Petricca, Second Vice President Steven Spielberg, Third Vice President James W. Ireland, Treasurer This season's new exhibition, Freedom: evenings in July and August, the Freedom Mark Selkowitz, Clerk Norman Rockwell's Vermont Years, is Fonl1n lecturc series will offer compelling Robert Berle the second in a series that explores perspectives on the meaning of freedom Ann Fitzpatrick Brown Daniel M. Cain significant phases in Norman Rockwell's in our world. Noted guests include Alan Jan Cohn I ife and career. Last summer we took Chartock, Ph.D., chair and executive Bobbie Crosby an in-depth look at the artist's work director ofWAMC; Ewert Cousins, Catharine B. Deely wh en he li ved in New Rochelle, New Ph.D., noted philosopher, theologian Heather Wells lIeim James W. Ireland Yo rk, and presented it in thc context of and author; Randy Cohen, author of Ell en Kahn the illustrations of his contcmporaries. the New York Times Magazine column, Jeffrey Kleiser Next summer we will shine a spotli ght The Ethicist, and James MacGregor Thomas D. McCann Deborah S. McMenamy on Rockwell's accomplishmcnts and Burns, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential Wendell Minor global connections during the last biographer. The lecture series has been John C. (Ilans) Morris 25 years of his life, when he made his sponsored by the Norman Rockwell Barbara essim home in Stockbridge. Museum's board of trustees. Please chcck Brian J. Quinn Tom Rockwell our website, www.nrm.org, for many Edward A. Scofield Freedom: Nomwn Rockwell's Vermont other exciting programs for children Diana Walczak Years examines Rockwell's life and and familics. Richard B. Wilcox career in the Arlington, Vermont, region TRUSTEES EMERITI from 1939 to 1953. It's a fascinati ng look at On a personal note, I want to thank all Li la Wilde Berle the relationships, styles and influences of of you who made our gala celebration of S. Lane Faison, Jf. Jane P. Fitzpatrick Rockwell and other noted illustrators my 25 years with the Museum and our Harvey Chet Krentzman who were living and working in the area 10 years in our new home so very special. oTina G. Ogden at the same time, including Mead I am grateful for the support of each and Henry H. Williams, Jf. Schaeffcr, John Atherton and George every one of you who help make this Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director Hughes. The exhibition also considers Museum such an extraordinary pl ace. portfolio Arlington's unique position as an artistic colony for Saturday Even ing Post cover Have a wondcrful summer. I hope to Volume 20, Issue 2, Summer 2003 Kimberly Rutberg, Editor artists, and highlights th eir illustra ti ons see you at the Museum! Jeremy Clowe, Editorial Assistant published during the World War II years. Portfolio is published four times a yea r by the orman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Inc., This exhibition would not have been and is sent free to all members. © 2003 by th e annan Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge. possible without the generosity of the All rights reserved. many lenders who have kindly shared Cover: Breaking Home Ties, Norman Rockwell. their works of art with us. I would like © 1954 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indi anapo li s, IN. to express sincere thanks to them for affording so many Muscum visitors an extraordinary opportunity to experience th e rich diversity of Rockwell 's art in its ori ginal form. The Norman Rockwell Museum is funded in part b), the Massachuselts CulillTa l Council, a statc agency In commemoration of the 60th anniver­ thai supports public programs in the arls, humanilies, sary of Rockwell's beloved Four Freedoms and sciences. paintings, we are presenting a lecture KIDS FREE EVERY DAY! KIDS FREE lo:\"c I)'d"\"1 A Gift 10 ['amilies from scries inspired by them. On T hursday Coun!!YCurtains. and 'filE REO LlllN INN 2 SUMMER 2003 UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS spotlight Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon The Picture of Health: Rockwell Story of Art and Love Paintings from the Pfizer Collection NOVEMBER 8, 2003 THROUGH MAY 31, 2004 NOVEMBER 8,2003 THROUGH MAY 31, 2004 At a time when women were prohibited from taking life­ A poignant series of original works created by orman drawing classes at most art schools, Jessie Willcox Smith, Rockwell for the Upjohn Company are at the center of this Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley were encour­ exhibition focusing on the artist's portrayals of the medical pro­ aged in their pursuits and celebrated for their talents. fession at work. Rockwell's images helped to shape the public's Determined to make their mark, they attended the venerable perception of the doctor as a kind, caring and knowledgeable Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and met as students of professional in advertisements and posters created between the legendary illustrator Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute. late 1930S and the early 1960s for the pharmaceutical company. Nicknamed "The Red Rose Girls" by Pyle, who became their mentor, they took up residence in the Red Rose Inn, 18th Annual Berkshire County a picturesque estate on Philadelphia's venerable Main Line, and captivated the city with their brilliant careers and High School Art Show unconventional lifestyles. JANUARY 24, 2004 THROUGH FEBRUARY 22, 2004 The Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon Story of Art and Love A lively and diverse exhibition of original works by Berkshire tells the true tale of three outstanding early 20th-century County high school art students. women artists who enjoyed public recognition, success, and an intense emotional bond that enriched each of their lives. Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green were prolific Contemporary Voices: illustrators, collaborating on children's books and garnering Women in Illustration lucrative assignments for periodicals such as Scribner's, Collier's, and Harper's. Violet Oakley was an illustrator, painter MARCH 6, 2004 THROUGH MAY 31, 2004 and muralist of national reputation. Their unforgettable story Explore the world of women artists who are working in the unfolds against a backdrop oflate Victorian mores and the field of illustration today in this outstanding exhibition of emerging women's rights movement, punctuated by more than original art for magazines, newspapers, children's books and 80 vibrant, original works from public and private collections, advertisements, and personal commentary documenting and a rich array of archival photographs and publications. each artist's professional journey. Mother and Child, Jessie Willcox Smith, 1908. Collection of Jane Sperry Eisenstat. Doctor and Bo)' Looking at Thennometer, Licensed by N0l111an Rocl.:wel1 Licensing, Niles.IL. SUMMER 2003 3 NORMAN ROCKWELL year y year 1942 By Linda Pero Vermont living, aside from an occasional Grange Hall square dance or town meeting, provided few distractions for a work-centered artist such as Norn1an Rockwell. Few social or professional expectations, aside from the pleasurable evening cocktail hour with his Saturday Evening Post colleagues, Mead Schaeffer and Jack Atherton, dissuaded him from tilne at his easel. The relative solitude along with winter's cold and shortened daylight hours eventually urged Rockwell and his family to find diversions. In the fall of 1941, Rockwell shipped the third in his seri es of of this beautiful C hristmas present to Post readers, Rockwell Willie Gillis paintings off to Philadelphia. T hen, having had could take a much-needed break. 1941 had been an exhausting his assistant Gene Pelham construct a full-size news kiosk year for Rockwell. "I was absolutely worn out with the severe within his studio l and model maker Ned Burns construct a schedule," he told Leo Burnett, who was handling the Niblets scale model with lighting, based on an actual newsstand in corn account and pleading for another advertisement from New York Cityz, Rockwell produced an enchanting wartime Rockwell. According to doctor's orders, he was to have a real Christmas cover of a news seller. The December night sky, rest.) T he Rockwell family made preparations to travel to dotted with chunky snowfl akes, was painted in deep ultra­ southern California where they could stay with Mary Rockwell's marine blue to offset the warm orange glow of a stove that famil y. Alhambra was not only home to Mary's family, the surrounds the news seller who, like a C harl es Dickens' Barstows, but claimed several notable artists including Frank character, knits with fingerless gloves. With th e completion Tenney Johnson, Sam Hyde Harris and Eli Harvey, making it 4 SUMMER 2003 By ERIC KNIG HT an enticing winter destination for Rockwell. In November of in 1923 and one for the Post in 1929-Rockwell engaged the 1941, the family traveled by rail to California for Rockwell's renowned animal sculptor Eli Harvey to pose as the doctor. enforced rest but it wasn't long before Rockwcll felt the tug Since his first visit to southern California in 1930, when he of his backlog of commissions-two story illustrations for met his future wife Mary Barstow, California had shown its American Magazine and one for McCall's. He rented a studio, charms to Rockwell. He found inspiration in its pool of purchased artists' supplies, hired a local photographer and screen star models like Gary Cooper and Raymond Massey, made purchases from Cinema Props and th e Western in its source of IIollywood themes for his Post covers and in Costume Company.4 Alhambra's community of artists. California would lure him back many morc times in the years to come. When March Taking advantage of his proximity to Hollywood, Rockwell arrived, all of the new cquipment and supplies were shipped posed nine-year-old screen star Joan Carroll (of Meet Me home to Arlington and the Rockwells boarded the train for in St.
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