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Home  Special Exhibits Picturing America
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Picturing America
September 2009 - May 2010
Picturing America, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings American art into classrooms and libraries.
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Library Events
Picturing America and the Art of Norman Rockwell
September 1, 2009, at 7:00 pm
Regarded as America's most popular painter during his life, Norman Rockwell has endured in the warm memories of people who enjoyed the covers he painted for The Saturday Evening Post for nearly 60 years. This program takes a look at the development of Rockwell's career from his earliest days at The Post to the years after he left The Post and began illustrating for Look and Life. Please register. Refreshments will be served.
Check our Event Calendar for all Library programs and events.
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Featured Artwork
Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech, The Saturday Evening Post 1943, 1943
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Websites
Picturing America
Browse the complete Picturing America Gallery.
EDSITEment
Lesson plans and information for using Picturing America in the classroom.
Norman Rockwell Mueseum
Information, artwork, and photographs of the artist Norman Rockwell.
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Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech, The Saturday Evening Post 1943, 1943 Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), Freedom of Speech, The Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (116.205 x 90.170 cm.). The Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust, from the permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass. www.nrm.org ©1943 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, Ind. All rights reserved. www.curtispublishing.com. |
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