Friday, August 8, 2025
This time a stop at the
Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. Unfortunately tours of Rockwell's studio were fully booked today.
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| Norman Rockwell Museum |
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Closing Up a Summer Cottage (1957, designed by
Norman Rockwell for Kodak to be shown in the
Colorama display in New York's Grand Central Terminal) |
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Although Rockwell had only one photograph to his credit,
Walter Wicks creates photographs with as much attention
to detail as Rockwell and similarly uses real world props;
The Passing Train (2011, by Walter Wick) |
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Perpetual Motion (1920, by Norman Rockwell)
on the cover of Popular Science |
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Impossible Doghouse (1983, by Walter Wick)
on the cover of Games (it may be too hard to
see the Escheresque angles of the doghouse) |
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A place to watch a video about Norman Rockwell,
and see all 323 of the Saturday Evening Post covers
he illustrated from 1916-1963 |
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| The first cover of 5/20/1916 |
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| 9/8/1923 (KSS) |
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| 2/6/1926 was the first full-color cover |
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| 9/2/1939 is a cover for the girls |
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| 10/4/1941 |
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4/3/1943 (Rockwell always had
a wacky April Fool cover) |
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| 3/2/1957 (KSS) |
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| 9/20/1958 |
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| 12/14/1963 was the last cover |
Rockwell and Humor:
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Triple Self-Portrait (1960) shows the humor
and humility of Rockwell |
Inspiration of Hometown:
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Home for Christmas (Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas)
(1967) was an illustration for McCall's magazine |
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| Home for Christmas detail |
Civil Rights:
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The Problem We All Live With (1963) was an illustration
for Look magazine of Ruby Bridges being escorted to school |
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| Golden Rule (1961) |
Illustrators of Light (Advertising Illustrations for Edison Mazda Lamps):
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Edison Mazda Lamps Logo (1924,
by Maxfield Parrish) |
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What a Protection Electric Is - Old Man
on Stairway (1925, by Norman Rockwell) |
All For Laughs: The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course:
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Life Class Was a Good Place to Draw Faces
and Much Warmer Than the Subway (1956,
by Whitney Darrow, Jr); note that he is
drawing the older lady in the polka-dot dress |
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Wow! Just Like Television (1956,
by Barney Tobey) |
The Four Freedoms (President Franklin D Roosevelt):
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| The Freedom of Speech (1942) |
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| The Freedom of Worship (1942) |
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| Freedom From Want (1942) |
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| Freedom From Fear (1942) |
I SPY! Walter Wick's Hidden Wonders:
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Walter Wick is known for photographic
illustrations that feature miniature worlds,
optical illusions, search-and-find games,
and puzzle challenges |
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Nature (1992) contains objects collected in
Connecticut and meticulously arranged in his NYC studio |
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| Clouds (2021) |
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| Sky High (2003) with buildings created for the photo |
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| Sky High (2003) |
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| Balloon Launcher (2015) |
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| Yikes! (1994) is gravity-defying! |
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On a Scary Scary Street model (2008)
that took months to build (KSS) |
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Trying to photograph the model
just as Wicks did (KSS) |
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| On a Scary Scary Street (2008) |
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| Jolly Roger model (2010) (KSS) |
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| Jolly Roger (2010) |
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The Phantom of the Forest (1998) is a photo
of random wooden shapes, but when viewed
in a mirror one sees a woodland animal |
Next: Norman Rockwell Museum Outdoor Sculpture Show.
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