Soundtrack, visits rockwell at his stockbridge, massachusetts home and studio to learn about his working methods, influences, and career. On berkshire mountain their Norman Rockwell stockbridge is in massachusetts in an area called berkshire county. A pretty place that used to be isolated, surrounded by hills and mountains. Not biggs like the alps or the rockies, but big enough to discourage traveling in the olden days. Going west from boston, you had to head over the passes on the old mohawk trail. Then you got into an area maybe 20 miles wide and 50 miles long. Like a lot of new england towns, there are the traditional white houses and neat gardens and picket fences. That is the oldest house. Then there are the churches. And the town hall. The country around stockbridge has forest, farms, water in good supply. They tell me it is much like the lake country in england, including the writers to go along with the scenery. Hermann melville, the author of moby dick, lived here. In the summ
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Stockbridge museum unveils comprehensive look at Norman Rockwell’s legacy
Rockwell s large-format Four Freedoms paintings have returned to Stockbridge following a 2-year tour that included the Memorial de Caen in Normandy. Freedom of Speech, a 1943 illustration for The Saturday Evening Post. Contributed photo/Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Rockwell s paintings overflow with detail upon detail and this painting suggests the promise of youth, the wisdom of old age and a celebration of sunlight. Aunt Ella Takes A Trip is a 1942 illustration for Ladies Home Journal. Contributed photo/Norman Rockwell Family Agency
A photo illustration created by Peterson may begin with just four people, with the window, wallpaper and other props added later. Freedom From What? (I Can t Breathe), 2015. Contributed photo/Collection of the artist
Rockwell’s art and times
Rockwell’s large-format “Four Freedoms” paintings have returned to Stockbridge following a two-year tour that included the Memorial de Caen in Normandy. “Freedom of Speech,” above, was a 1943 illustration for The Saturday Evening Post. CONTRIBUTED
Rockwell s paintings overflow with detail upon detail and this painting suggests the promise of youth, the wisdom of old age and a celebration of sunlight. Aunt Ella Takes A Trip is a 1942 illustration for Ladies Home Journal. Contributed photo/Norman Rockwell Family Agency
“Freedom From What? (I Can t Breathe)” is a 2015 illustration by Pops Peterson. Contributed
In 1992, presidential candidate Bill Clinton attempted to make a lawyerly distinction as to his marijuana use while at Oxford University, as depicted by cartoonist Pat Oliphant. President Barack Obama later said, “When I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point.” Contributed