{"product_id":"norman-rockwell-at-home-in-vermont-9781917273350","title":"Norman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont\u003c\/i\u003e explores how America's beloved illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) crafted an idealized vision of Vermont--nostalgic, resilient, and mythic--during his most prolific years in Arlington (1939-1953).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these works, Rockwell offered a nation battered by the Great Depression and World War II a reassuring image of American life: orderly, self-reliant, and picturesque. Through paintings and illustrations, Rockwell captured not simply scenes of New England life, but a deeply rooted ethos--one in which democratic community, moral clarity, and quiet individualism flourished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, and the accompanying exhibition, situates Rockwell's Vermont years within a broader creative milieu, highlighting the Arlington artist circle that included Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980), John Atherton (1900-1952), and Gene Pelham (1909-2004)-- all informally enticed to Arlington, Vermont. Together, they helped define a cultural moment in which Vermont was mythologized as democracy's granite-strong refuge. Even Rockwell's orchestrated friendship with Anna Mary \"Grandma\" Moses (1860-1961) was part of a wider crafting of New England as both authentic and marketable--where artists and audiences alike found a form of moral anchorage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing two newly acquired Rockwell paintings to Shelburne Museum celebrating Vermont's granite industry--long regarded as the state's \"backbone\"--\u003ci\u003eNorman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont \u003c\/i\u003eexamines not only the imagery but the careful mythmaking that made Vermont central to Rockwell's enduring vision of America. Today, Rockwell's work is housed in major museums across the country, a testament to his profound influence as an artist. This book features works from the Brooklyn Museum, NY; Fleming Museum of Art, VT; Norman Rockwell Museum, MA; Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, CA; Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Lyman Orton Collection; Bennington Museum; Whitney Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917273350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 10.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Carolyn Bauer,Thomas Denenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715536220341,"sku":"9781917273350","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/norman-rockwell-at-home-in-vermont-9781917273350","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}