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November 12

On this day, November 12, 1844, Cash (Cassius Marcellus) Coolidge was born in Antwerp, New York. Raised in Philadelphia Coolidge began creating cartoons for a local newspaper in the 1860s. Around the turn of the century, Coolidge began creating calendar pictures for Brown & Bigelow, specializing in anthropomorphic dogs playing poker, dancing, etc.

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November 11

On this day, November 11, 1973, Ferdinand Huszti Horvath died in Riverside, California. Born in Budapest, Horvath worked as a book illustrator. He lived in California and worked for Walt Disney from 1937 through 1947 on various films including Snow White. Horvath was the layout artist on Disney’s Silly Symphony film Three Little Wolves.

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November 10

On this day, November 10, 1878,died in New York. Born in England and trained as an architect, Waud came to America and began working for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as a staff illustrator. In 1864 Waud went to work for Harper's. Many of his field sketches done during the Civil are in the collection of

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November 9

On this day, November 9, 1911, illustrator and author Howard Pyle died in Florence, Italy while studying to better his mural art. Pyle studied art in Philadelphia with the Belgian artist Van der Weilen and later learned about illustration on the job in New York. In the midst of his own successful career, Pyle began teaching illustration

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November 8

On this day, November 8, 1985, illustrator and woodcut artist Jacques Hnizdovsky died in New York City. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Zagreb. After he moved to the United States, Hnizdovsky modelled from plants and animals since it cost nothing to use them. In addition to book illustration Hnizodovsky designed

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November 7

On this day, November 7, 1893, Samuel John Armstrong was born in Denver, Colorado. He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art and the Rochester Mechanics’ Art Institute. Armstrong worked for Disney Studios as an animator specializing in watercolor illustrations and backgrounds of animated films including Snow White, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi.

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November 6

On this day, November 6, 1973, freelance artist/illustrator and musician, Sean A. Hartter was born in Brockton/Fall River, Massachusetts. Hartter produced Alternate Universe Movie Posters and did art work for Entertainment Weekly.

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November 5

On this day, November 5, 1927, illustrator Howard Terpning was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and at the American Academy of Art. In addition to commercial illustration in Haddon Sundblom’s studio, Terpning illustrated for various popular magazines, and created over 80 movie posters.

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November 4

On this day, November 4, 1939, writer and illustrator Gail E. Haley was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. The daughter of a newspaper art director, Haley studied at the Richmond Professional Institute and at the University of Virginia. Her first book was My Kingdom for a Dragon.

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November 3

On this day, November 3, 1908, illustrator and children’s book author Gyo Fujikawa was born in Berkeley, California. She studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and then went to work for Walt Disney Studios. Gyo also wrote and illustrated more than 40 children’s books. Her first book Babies, used multi-racial characters—a feature she continued through-out her

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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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