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BY COLLIER SCHORR m P£ r^ffi E'* ^ <tLx)iiMtfi ;-'/^j*d b.A.3012.95 THEESSENTIAL NORMANROCKWELL byCollierSchorr EveryoneknowsNorman Rockwell. Buthowmanyrememberthatthis artist ofhome-and-hearthAmericanawasone ofthefirstartiststochampioncivilrights? Fromthemanwhobroughtuscanvases of exuberance andjoy,we areamazedatwhat awaitsusbeneaththerosysurface. Meettheextraordinarycreatorof: — Scenesfromoureverydaylives the firstdentistvisit,theThanksgiving dinner,thebattlefieldsofwar,the worriesofthe elderly UnforgettablecoversofTheSaturday EveningPost i Comfortingimagesthataren'tas simple asthevlook andComing(d eningPost,Aug ifcSSEW Norman Rockwell BY COLLIER SCHORR the Wonderland HarryN.Abrams,Inc.,Publishers the Wonderland PRESS TheEssential™isatrademark ofTheWonderlandPress,NewYork TheEssential'"serieshasbeencreatedbyTheWonderlandPress SeriesProducer:JohnCampbell SeriesEditor:JuliaMoore ProjectManager:AdrienneMoucheraud SeriesDesign:TheWonderlandPress LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:98-074608 ISBN0-8362-1932-5(AndrewsMcMeel) ISBN0-8109-5824-4(HarryN.Abrams,Inc.) Copyright©1999TheWonderlandPress IllustrationsandothermaterialbyNormanRockwell©1999NormanRockwellFamilyTrust IllustrationsfromTheSaturdayEveningPost©TheCurtisPublishingCompany Photosonpages22,40,52,69,81(FreedomofWorship),and94(TheConnoisseur) courtesyofTheNormanRockwellMuseumatStockbridge Publishedin1999byHarryN.Abrams,Incorporated,NewYork Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthecontentsofthisbookmay bereproducedwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher DistributedbyAndrewsMcMeelPublishing KansasCity,Missouri64111-7701 Unlesscaptionnotesotherwise,worksareoiloncanvas PrintedinHongKong HarryN.Abrams,Inc. 100FifthAvenue NewYork,NY10011 www.abramsbooks.com Contents He'severywhere! 5 Americaintransition 8 Trueorfalse? 11 Artsmarts 14 Astarisborn 19 Churchanyone? 20 Countrycomforts 24 Thelovablenerd 27 Thebigillustrators 29 Moreplease,Sir 37 HitchedtothePost 41 Atimeofwar 42 Saycheese! 51 Thedivorcewanders 59 Timesa-changin 68 ScoringwithWillieGillis 73 FourFreedomshitthetop 78 Stockbridgesalvation 90 Facingoffwithracism 97 Agreatartistforthepeople 107 — It's Norman Rockwell! He'severywhere. Walkintoalmostanystore,withtheexception,say, opposite ofavideo rental shop oryour corner deli, andyou'll find a Norman TheDiscovery Rockwellreproductionthatcoincideswiththatparticularenterprise platesandposters,t-shirtsandcoffeemugs,totebagsandcoffee-table books. Ifyou'relucky,youmayevenfindanoldissueofTheSaturday EveningPost, whose covers Rockwell illustrated for more than four decades. In fact, used book and magazine dealers will be happy to relieve you of these issues. On a typical day, try purchasing a Rockwell-illustratedcopyofthePostfromasecond-hand'zinedealer inNewYorkCityandyou'llhear, "Sorry,don'thaveany.Wishwedid." A Rockwell ad done for Massachusetts Mutual Insurance (Facts of Life) was borrowed by an AIDS activistgroup in 1987 to promote safe-sexawareness. WouldRockwellapprove? Hisson,TomRockwell, says,"Oneofthethings myfatherwas associatedwithwastolerance. SoI thinkit's fairlyeasytoknowwhathewould have said." Bingo! Rockwell, the equal-rights advocate. Rockwell, the man-of-all- seasons illustrator. Rockwell, the great American success story, a self-madeindividualsharinghisvisionofAmericawiththeworldand withgenerationstocome.
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