In the summer of 1969, Norman Rockwell told a reporter for the Associated Press that his work had changed. He wanted to paint an image “that would bring America back together again — promote understanding.” He had just finished a broad canvas textured with earth from the Southwest; a Dinee […]
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A collage shows the first statewide Artweek festival in images
Get behind the scenes, get muddy, get up close to paper and paint and clay. ArtWeek crossed the state to the Berkshires in April and May 2018 with dozens of events, most of them free …
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Artweek festival crosses Massachusetts and the Berkshires
The Germans called them the Night Witches. In World War II they flew planes made mostly of wood and canvas at night, without parachutes or radios. They were a Russian regiment, a few hundred women as young as 17. In 1941, the Soviet air force became the first in the […]
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Andy Warhol meets Norman Rockwell in the Berkshires
James Warhola remembers his Uncle Andy in his uncle’s first New York apartment, sketching high-heeled shoes for an advertisement in the New York Times. He would ink the drawing and blot it, a technique he would use later in his artwork. When his uncle first painted a Campbell’s soup can, […]
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American artists re-interpret Norman Rockwell in the 21st-century
Roberta Dews and Eric Williams appear as a father and mother standing by a bed where two children sleep. She stands close to the boy and the girl, who lie quietly, and he looks out the window at the night. Dews and Williams are local models setting a scene as […]
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Seeing Norman Rockwell’s artwork through a journalist’s eyes — BTW column
Imagine what it would be like if newspapers today commissioned paintings to run on their color pages? This weekend, I became a tourist. My parents came up to see me. In between crossword puzzles at my kitchen table and Malaysian fried rice at Flavors Restaurant, we took some time to do some things […]
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