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Howard Pyle, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alex Ross, and Istvan Banyai to Be Featured in New Illustration Art Exhibitions at Norman Rockwell Museum in 2012

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Exhibitions of works by Howard Pyle, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alex Ross, and Istvan Banyai – and, of course, Norman Rockwell – will be featured at the Norman Rockwell Museum in 2012. The museum’s “Distinguished Illustrator Series,” which reflects the impact and evolution of Rockwell’s profession, continues in March with a new exhibition…

Norman Rockwell and the Ghost of Dickens

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – This holiday season Norman Rockwell Museum celebrates the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth with a new exhibition that explores the literary giant’s influence on the artist’s work. Norman Rockwell and the Ghost of Dickens is on view at the museum through March 4, 2012. Norman Rockwell is well known for his…

Illustrator David Macaulay Honored as Norman Rockwell Museum’s 2011-2012 Artist Laureate

“Lowered Expectations,” by David Macaulay, September 19, 2011. Cover illustration from "The New Yorker." Courtesy "The New Yorker," www.newyorker.com. All rights reserved.

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Norman Rockwell Museum has named illustrator David Macaulay as 2011-2012 Artist Laureate. An award-winning author and artist whose work has helped readers better understand the workings of everything from simple gadgets to monumental structures, Macaulay employs pictures and words to reveal the secret lives of buildings, the wonders of the human body,…

Norman Rockwell Museum Goes Back to the Future with Steampunk Night

“The Inquisitive Nomad,” Vincent Villafranca, 2011. Bronze sculpture currently on view in the Norman Rockwell Museum exhibition “Robot Nation” (Photo courtesy of Vincent Villafranca. All rights reserved.)

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) — The early Industrial Revolution dances with modern technology in the Steampunk movement, the topic of an illustrated lecture and discussion at the Norman Rockwell Museum on Thursday, August 4, starting at 5:30 p.m. Steampunk Night features Bruce Rosenbaum of ModVic Steampuffin and Ellen Hagney, executive director of the Charles River Museum of…

New Sol Schwartz Exhibition Celebrates Performing Arts in the Berkshires

Illustration of Yo-Yo Ma by Sol Schwartz. ©Sol Schwartz. All rights reserved.

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) –There couldn’t be a more fitting summertime exhibition than “Sol Schwartz: Drawing in the Dark,” featuring the well-known artist’s vibrant, spontaneous drawings, that have captured the beauty and excitement of music, theater and dance at such performing arts centers as Tanglewood, Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, and Barrington Stage Company,…

Obama Requests Historic Rockwell Painting for White House

"The Problem We All Live With," Norman Rockwell, 1963. Oil on canvas, 36” x 58”. Illustration for "Look," January 14, 1964. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©NRELC, Niles, IL.

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) –Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting, The Problem We All Live With, part of the Norman “The Problem We All Live With,” Norman Rockwell, 1963. Oil on canvas, 36” x 58”. Illustration for “Look,” January 14, 1964. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©NRELC, Niles, IL.   Rockwell Museum’s permanent collection, has been loaned to the White…