Norman Rockwell art links 

Original works by Norman Rockwell available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 

Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan   NEW!
Information about a 2009 exhibition

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island

The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, New York
Beech-Nut Gum Girl and Policeman, 1937

Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Soda Jerk, 1952

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: Paintings that Inspired a Nation

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
A new museum which, when we last checked, had not yet opened to the public
Rosie the Riveter, 1943

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma
Rebel at Gunpoint

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana   NEW!

Norman Rockwell in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Museum of Art at Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida   NEW!

Norman Rockwell at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Portrait of Richard M. Nixon

Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York
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Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
The County Agricultural Agent

Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago

State Museums of Florence, Italy
Triple Self-portrait, 1960

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Museum Collections
Glen Canyon Dam

Wichita Art Museum, Kansas

 
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:

Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

 

Christie's Past Sale Archive   NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)

Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive   NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)

 

Norman Rockwell in the Art Renewal Center

Norman Rockwell at CGFA

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

Faeries at LaLa's Land
Springtime

Flickr Photo Sharing
World War II poster: Freedom of Speech

Humanities Web

New York Public Library Digital Gallery   NEW!

The History Project at U.C. Davis

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The Norman Rockwell Connection

American Art Archives

Fabio Feminò Fantascienza (in Italian)  
2 paintings

FBI Art Theft Program
Boy Holding Screaming Baby, and Waiting for the Art Editor

FBI Art Theft Program
Russian Schoolroom

FBI Art Theft Program
Details of 3 paintings stolen in Minnesota and recovered in Brazil

PBS
Biography, from the American Masters TV series

Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries, London, UK
Archive of past displayed works which are "sold" or "not for sale"

 

Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Norman Rockwell  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)  

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Art & Antiques Magazine
A "closer look" at Rockwell's 1954 Breaking Home Ties. The article doesn't include any images, so click here to see the painting in a separate window.

Art + Auction Magazine
Gary Cooper as 'The Texan', 1930

Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)  

PBS
"An American Life"

Resource Library Magazine
Cover Story -- Norman Rockwell's America

Resource Library Magazine
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People

Resource Library Magazine

The Village Voice   NEW!
"Middle Americana", 2001 article by Jerry Saltz

Time Magazine
"The Rembrandt of Punkin Crick", 1978 article by Robert Hughes

Vanity Fair Magazine
"Norman Rockwell's American Dream"

"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon Look Inside Books: Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.              Search Inside Books: Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.   search inside Norman Rockwell: Storyteller With A Brush search inside The Best of Norman Rockwell search inside The Wit & Humor of Norman Rockwell search inside American Memories look inside Norman Rockwell: A Life look inside Norman Rockwell Adventures look inside Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People look inside Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers look inside Norman Rockwell's Faith of America look inside Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: Images That Inspire a Nation look inside Norman Rockwell & the Saturday Evening Post: The Early Years look inside Norman Rockwell: The Artist and His Work