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August 11

On this day, August 11, 1902, pulp illustrator Jack Binder was born in Harka, Hungary. The family moved to the U. S. in 1910 to join the father in the U. P. of Michigan. Binder worked as an engraver while he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the 30’s Binder moved to

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 10th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 10

On this day, August 10, 1955, Tom Kidd was born in Tampa, Florida. After a couple of years of study at Syracuse University, Kidd moved to New York City and began to work as a science fiction and fantasy illustrator and as a designer for films, theme parks, and figurines. His work has won many accolades

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 9th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 9

On this day, August 9, 1931, illustrator Mike Hinge born Auckland, New Zealand. He came to the United States on a green card in 1958 and studied at the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. His work includes many memorable book and magazine covers for the work of science fiction and cover portraits for

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 8th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 8

On this day, August 8, 1961, illustrator Rafael López born Mexico City, Mexico. Trained at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, López has illustrated a variety of children's books, designed stamps, and painted murals.

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 7th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

A Case of the Vapors

Shifting Visions of Vaporous Artistry By Joyce K. Schiller, Curator, Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies There is something distinctive and magical about the way J. C. Leyendecker conveyed the fleeting properties of steam, smoke, and fog in his illustrations. His stylized (sometimes art nouveau-inspired)

2020-05-28T14:31:13-04:00August 7th, 2014|Essays on Illustration|0 Comments

August 7

On this day, August 7, 1957, illustrator George William Gage died in New York City. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and with Howard Pyle at the Howard Pyle School of Art in Wilmington, Delaware. His career was noted for cover illustrations for magazines

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 7th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 6

On this day, August 6, 1918, Charles Banks Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas. After studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson apprenticed as an illustrator at the Chicago Tribune. Wilson illustrated a history textbooks used by Oklahoma schools and also a variety of classic story books. He went on to paint

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 5th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 5

On this day, August 5, 1902, illustrator and writer Robert Bright was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He studied at Princeton University. Bright was the creator of the Georgie series of stories about a shy ghost who lives in an attic. He created the character and his first Georgie story was published in 1944 and the last

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 4th, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 4

On this day, August 4, 1976, illustrator Alvan “Hap” Hadley died in Los Angeles, California. Hap Hadley specialized in black and white illustrations and in illustrating movie posters for Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. His movie posters were typically caricatured faces of the actors with over-sized heads.

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 3rd, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

August 2

On this day, August 2, 1912, pulp artist Raphael Jerard Norman Astarita was born in Brooklyn, New York. Astarita never graduated high school and never formally studied art, self-training instead. Early on Astarita worked for comic books. During WWII he joined the U. S. Naval Reserve. After the war his work began to appear in pulp

2016-11-14T10:19:05-05:00August 2nd, 2014|News, On This Day|0 Comments

Norman Rockwell Museum

 

Hours

Norman Rockwell Museum is Open 7 days a week year-round

May – October and holidays:

open daily: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursdays: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (July/August 2015)
Rockwell’s Studio open May through October.

November – April: open daily:

Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Holiday Closings:

The Museum is Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day

 

 

 

Admission

Members: FREE
Adults: $18.00
Seniors (65+): $17.00
College students with ID: $10.00
Children/teens 6 — 18: $6.00
Children 5 and under: FREE

Official Museum Website

www.nrm.org

 

 

 

Directions

Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Route 183
Stockbridge, MA 01262

413-298-4100 x 221

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