2.02.2009
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ROCKWELL LECTURE BY NMAI FOUNDERS
AT NAPLES MUSEUM OF ART
February 11, 2009
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 The National Museum of American Illustration is pleased to announce
that its founders, Judy and Laurence Cutler, will be giving a lecture
entitled Norman Rockwell: American Imagist at the Naples Museum of Art
in Naples Florida, February 11, 2009. The
lecture has been sold out for several months. This lecture is part of an ongoing exhibition organized by the NMAI which began on January 2nd and will continue to be exhibited in
Naples through April 11th, 2009. A traveling exhibition, it will continue to other venues thereafter, and will return to the NMAI for an opening scheduled on May 31, 2009.
right: NMAI founders Judy & Laurence Cutler at ArtExpo 2008 for Parrish book signing
 Norman Rockwell: American Imagist offers an informative look at America's quintessential 20th-Century artist. Indeed, Rockwell's work, with its idealized depictions of American life, is so synonymous with classic Americana that the phrase "As American as Norman Rockwell" perfectly fits alongside "It's as American as baseball and apple pie." The Cutlers' lecture will bring Rockwell's work into sharper focus as an integral and important part of the fine art spectrum. They examine it, decade-by-decade, against the backdrop of the trends and events which dominated the national consciousness over a sixty year period.
left: Norman Rockwell, c.1930The Norman Rockwell: American Imagist exhibition features original paintings and studies, as well as all 323 vintage Saturday Evening Post
covers created by the artist. The Naples Museum of Art is located at 5833
Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, Florida, and the exhibition is open Tuesday through Saturday
from 10 am to 4 pm, and from noon until 4 pm on Sunday.
The following is a selection of Rockwell paintings which appear in the exhibition.
above: April Fools, oil on canvas, 1948
above: The Runaway - Boy and Clown, oil on canvas, 1922
above: Fact and Fiction, oil on canvas, 1917
above: Young Valedictorian, oil on canvas, c. 1928 above: Threading the Needle, oil on canvas, 1922We hope you get the opportunity to visit the Rockwell Exhibition in Naples!
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The Museum is open year-round for visitors and group tours by advance reservation.
Tickets: $25. Group Tours, Seniors (60+), and Military w/id: $22. Students w/id: $15. Children ages 5 to 12: $10. Children ages 5 to 12 are permitted, only if they are vouchsafed by parents or guardians as being 'well-behaved.'
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For Reservations:
 Eric Brocklehurst
National Museum of American Illustration
492 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840
T: 401-851-8949 ext.18. F: 401-851-8974
eric@americanillustration.org, www.americanillustration.org
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The
National Museum of American Illustration is a nonprofit, independent,
educational and aesthetic organization. It is located in Newport, RI,
on Bellevue Avenue at Vernon Court (1898), a Carreré and Hastings
designed Beaux-Arts adaptation of an 18th century French chateau. It is
the first national museum devoted exclusively to American illustration
art. Illustration consists of original artwork created to be reproduced
in books, magazines, newspapers, and advertisements. 'Golden Age'
paintings by such luminaries as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, NC
Wyeth, JC Leyendecker, and 75 others are displayed in 'Gilded Age'
architecture, creating a unique union of architecture and art - a
national treasure. The Museum is administered by the American
Civilization Foundation, a nonprofit organization with the goal to
present the best possible venue for appreciating the greatest
collection of illustration art - the most American of American art.
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