American Chronicles: the Art of Norman Rockwell February 1, 2009

'American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell' explores Norman Rockwell's unparalleled role as an American icon-maker and storyteller. This special exhibition from the collection of Norman Rockwell Museum traces the evolution of Rockwell's art and iconography throughout his career from carefully choreographed reflections on childhood innocence in such paintings as 'No Swimming' (1921) to powerful, consciousness-raising images like 'The Problem We All Live With' (1964), which documented the traumatic realities of desegregation in the South. 'American Chronicles' demonstrates how Rockwell's images provided Americans with a vocabulary for describing and celebrating themselves, their country and their experiences in the 20th century.