{"product_id":"norman-rockwell-9781917273350","title":"Norman Rockwell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont\u003c\/i\u003e explores how America’s beloved illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) crafted an idealized vision of Vermont—nostalgic, resilient, and mythic—during his most prolific years in Arlington (1939–1953).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these works, Rockwell offered a nation battered by the Great Depression and World War II a reassuring image of American life: orderly, self-reliant, and picturesque. Through paintings and illustrations, Rockwell captured not simply scenes of New England life, but a deeply rooted ethos—one in which democratic community, moral clarity, and quiet individualism flourished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, and the accompanying exhibition, situates Rockwell’s Vermont years within a broader creative milieu, highlighting the Arlington artist circle that included Mead Schaeffer (1898–1980), John Atherton (1900–1952), and Gene Pelham (1909–2004)— all informally enticed to Arlington, Vermont. Together, they helped define a cultural moment in which Vermont was mythologized as democracy’s granite-strong refuge. Even Rockwell’s orchestrated friendship with Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses (1860–1961) was part of a wider crafting of New England as both authentic and marketable—where artists and audiences alike found a form of moral anchorage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing two newly acquired Rockwell paintings to Shelburne Museum celebrating Vermont’s granite industry—long regarded as the state’s “backbone”—\u003ci\u003eNorman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont \u003c\/i\u003eexamines not only the imagery but the careful mythmaking that made Vermont central to Rockwell’s enduring vision of America. Today, Rockwell’s work is housed in major museums across the country, a testament to his profound influence as an  artist. This book features works from the Brooklyn Museum, NY; Fleming Museum of Art, VT; Norman Rockwell Museum, MA; Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, CA; Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Lyman Orton Collection; Bennington Museum; Whitney Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carolyn Bauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281786712315,"sku":"9781917273350","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781917273350.jpg?v=1772488030","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/norman-rockwell-9781917273350","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}