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Home > Essays > Norman Rockwell: The Rising Tide - Live Webinar

Norman Rockwell: The Rising Tide - Live Webinar

Stephanie Haboush Plunkett by  | Sep 13, 2021

This event is organized by the Appraisers Association.  September 20, 2021 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST

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America’s most prominent twentieth-century illustrator, Norman Rockwell was revered by his public and reviled by many in the art world, but his paintings were made to last. Replaced at the turn of a page by a succession of magazine issues and illustrations, his visual narratives called the history of European art into play, employing classical painting methodology to weave contemporary tales inspired by everyday people and places. A cast of affable, exquisitely painted characters and a plethora of supporting details kept him and his audience engaged, and inspired belief by millions in the uniquely American vision that he conceived and continued to refine.

Public engagement with the history of popular images has accelerated in the 21st century and there is a growing awareness that illustration has mattered more
in the cultural history of the modern period than has been properly recognized.

Join Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, the Norman Rockwell Museum and Betty Krulik, AAA, Betty Krulik Fine Art, Ltd., as they explore Rockwell’s prolific seven-decade career, and the cultural forces and scholarly work that has inspired increasing market interest in his work in recent years.

Stephanie Haboush Plunkett

Stephanie Haboush Plunkett is the Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The recipient of a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, Illustration as Visual Essay program, she is the author of two American Library Association Notable children’s books and the curator of many exhibitions exploring the art of Norman Rockwell and the field of illustration, including The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper as Illustrator; Ice Age to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios; Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney; William Steig: Love & Laughter; Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women's Magazine: 1940-1960; LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel; Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay; and The Art of The New Yorker: Eighty Years in the Vanguard, among others. She began her professional career in the field of museum education, and has previously held positions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, and the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York. 

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