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Norman Rockwell Drawings Exhibit Catalog
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"Extensively illustrated, Norman Rockwell: Drawings, 1911–1976 is the first book dedicated to the artist’s prolific but largely private drawing practice." Read the rave review by HYPERALLERGIC
The first book on the brilliant yet little-seen drawings of Norman Rockwell, spanning his six-decade career - a must have reference for artists and illustrators, and a delight for art lovers.
Before Norman Rockwell put paintbrush to canvas, he had a precise idea of what he wanted to create. A perfectionist and analytical thinker, Rockwell completed numerous preparatory drawings in the process of developing his paintings, much like the Old Masters before him. He worked in several stages, including thumbnail sketches and studies of particular details culminating in a meticulous tonal drawing that served as a basis for the final painting. But Rockwell's drawing was not only in the service of his painting: he also executed finished illustrations in pencil and charcoal; kept travel sketchbooks; and shared illustrated letters, caricatures, and comics with his family and friends.
This abundantly illustrated book reveals the entire scope of Rockwell's work as a draftsman. It reproduces the full sequence of preliminary drawings (and reference photographs) that led up to some of his most famous Saturday Evening Post covers and it also presents a generous sampling of his standalone drawings, many of them rarely published. The text, by curators at the Norman Rockwell Museum, illuminates and contextualizes the different aspects of Rockwell's drawing practice.
Hardcover, 256 pages, over 150 illustrations in black-and-white and color.
From the exhibition Norman Rockwell Drawings, 1914-1976 September 10, 2022 through March 26, 2023 at Norman Rockwell Museum.
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