Author: Laura Claridge
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588360644
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Norman Rockwell’s tremendously successful, prolific career as a painter and illustrator has rendered him a twentieth-century American icon. However, the very popularity and accessibility of his idealized, nostalgic depictions of middleclass life have caused him to be considered not a serious artist but a “mere illustrator”–a disparagement only reinforced by the hundreds of memorable covers he drew for The Sunday Evening Post. Symptomatic of critics’ neglect is the fact that Rockwell has never before been the subject of a serious critical biography. Based on private family archives and interviews and publishes to coincide with a major two-year travelling retrospective of his work, this book reveals for the first time the driven workaholic who had three complicated marriages and was a distant father —so different from the loving, all-American-dad image widely held to this day. Critically acclaimed author Laura Claridge also breaks new ground with her reappraisal of Rockwell’s art, arguing that despite his popular sentimental style, his artistry was masterful, complex, and far more manipulative than people realize.
Norman Rockwell
Author: Laura Claridge
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588360644
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Norman Rockwell’s tremendously successful, prolific career as a painter and illustrator has rendered him a twentieth-century American icon. However, the very popularity and accessibility of his idealized, nostalgic depictions of middleclass life have caused him to be considered not a serious artist but a “mere illustrator”–a disparagement only reinforced by the hundreds of memorable covers he drew for The Sunday Evening Post. Symptomatic of critics’ neglect is the fact that Rockwell has never before been the subject of a serious critical biography. Based on private family archives and interviews and publishes to coincide with a major two-year travelling retrospective of his work, this book reveals for the first time the driven workaholic who had three complicated marriages and was a distant father —so different from the loving, all-American-dad image widely held to this day. Critically acclaimed author Laura Claridge also breaks new ground with her reappraisal of Rockwell’s art, arguing that despite his popular sentimental style, his artistry was masterful, complex, and far more manipulative than people realize.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588360644
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Norman Rockwell’s tremendously successful, prolific career as a painter and illustrator has rendered him a twentieth-century American icon. However, the very popularity and accessibility of his idealized, nostalgic depictions of middleclass life have caused him to be considered not a serious artist but a “mere illustrator”–a disparagement only reinforced by the hundreds of memorable covers he drew for The Sunday Evening Post. Symptomatic of critics’ neglect is the fact that Rockwell has never before been the subject of a serious critical biography. Based on private family archives and interviews and publishes to coincide with a major two-year travelling retrospective of his work, this book reveals for the first time the driven workaholic who had three complicated marriages and was a distant father —so different from the loving, all-American-dad image widely held to this day. Critically acclaimed author Laura Claridge also breaks new ground with her reappraisal of Rockwell’s art, arguing that despite his popular sentimental style, his artistry was masterful, complex, and far more manipulative than people realize.
Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
Author: Ron Schick
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An unprecedented study of Norman Rockwell's creative process, pairing masterworks of American illustration with the photographs that inspired their execution
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An unprecedented study of Norman Rockwell's creative process, pairing masterworks of American illustration with the photographs that inspired their execution
Best of Norman Rockwell
Author: Tom Rockwell
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 9780762424153
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Norman Rockwell's son, Tom, has put together the absolute finest collection of his father's bounteous body of work, illustrations that bespeak the golden glow of pre- and post-WWII Americana. Rockwell senior, who said he depicted life “as I would like it to be,” chronicled iconic visions of American life: the Thanksgiving turkey, soda fountains, ice skating on the pond, and small-town boys playing baseball-not to mention the beginning of the civil rights movement. Now, the best-selling collection of Rockwell's most beloved illustrations, organized by decade, is available in a refreshed edition. With more than 150 images-oil paintings, watercolors, and rare black-and-white sketches--this is an uncommonly faithful Rockwell treasury. The original edition has sold nearly 200,000 copies.
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 9780762424153
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Norman Rockwell's son, Tom, has put together the absolute finest collection of his father's bounteous body of work, illustrations that bespeak the golden glow of pre- and post-WWII Americana. Rockwell senior, who said he depicted life “as I would like it to be,” chronicled iconic visions of American life: the Thanksgiving turkey, soda fountains, ice skating on the pond, and small-town boys playing baseball-not to mention the beginning of the civil rights movement. Now, the best-selling collection of Rockwell's most beloved illustrations, organized by decade, is available in a refreshed edition. With more than 150 images-oil paintings, watercolors, and rare black-and-white sketches--this is an uncommonly faithful Rockwell treasury. The original edition has sold nearly 200,000 copies.
Norman Rockwell's America
Author: Christopher Finch
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: New York: H.N. Abrams 1975. Text and captioned illustrations present selections of the artist's work and a brief biographical sketch.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: New York: H.N. Abrams 1975. Text and captioned illustrations present selections of the artist's work and a brief biographical sketch.
The Art of Norman Rockwell
Author: Ariel Books
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836230338
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designed to generate impulse sales, titles in this line are carefully balanced for gift giving, self-purchase, or collecting. Little Books may be small in size, but they're big in titles and sales.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836230338
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designed to generate impulse sales, titles in this line are carefully balanced for gift giving, self-purchase, or collecting. Little Books may be small in size, but they're big in titles and sales.
American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
Author: Deborah Solomon
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374113092
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
"The long-awaited biography of the defining illustrator of the twentieth century by a celebrated art critic"--
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374113092
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
"The long-awaited biography of the defining illustrator of the twentieth century by a celebrated art critic"--
102 Favorite Paintings
Author: Norman Rockwell
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 9780896600065
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A selection of paintings including commentaries on each one from the 1920's through the 1960's.
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 9780896600065
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A selection of paintings including commentaries on each one from the 1920's through the 1960's.
Norman Rockwell, Illustrator
Author: Arthur Leighton Guptill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Norman Rockwell Album
Author: Norman Rockwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illustration of books
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Norman Rockwell comments on his art, the circumstances surrounding certain commissions, the problems of specific paintings and how he met them, and many personal anecdotes and stories.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illustration of books
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Norman Rockwell comments on his art, the circumstances surrounding certain commissions, the problems of specific paintings and how he met them, and many personal anecdotes and stories.
Norman Rockwell
Author: Robin Langley Sommer
Publisher: JG Press
ISBN: 9781572154612
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Contains a brief biography of Norman Rockwell and includes numerous plates of classic Rockwell paintings.
Publisher: JG Press
ISBN: 9781572154612
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Contains a brief biography of Norman Rockwell and includes numerous plates of classic Rockwell paintings.