Title

Norman Rockwell : a life

Description

A biography of the popular artist traces his life and argues that his work is far more interesting and manipulative than critics have credited him for.

Identifier

976732

375504532

Creator

Claridge, Laura P

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2001

Program air date: December 2, 2001.

Publisher

Random House

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: 1894- b., Nov 11, 1978 d. Rockwell-bowdlerizing events in his autobiography p 172. Saturday Evening Post. Ken Stuart, Ben Ribbs. 3 Boys Tommy, Peter, Jarvis Jerry (1st) 1892. Wives Irene, Mary Barstow, Mary Molly Punderson. Drinking. Mary dies 1959-51 yrs old. ECT-shock treatments. When was he depressed 1933? Thomas Howard Hill--daughter Nancy. N.R.'s mother-2 Thomas Hills. Lived in NYC 13 years-Upper West Side-Charles Dickens. How many dictations were recorded of N.R.--did you listen. Liberal politics--340 voted for Norman Thomas 1948. Earnings in 1946-$52,600. broke Jaw 1947-Provincetown. Dutch genre-Vermeer-Rembrandt. Where are the boys today-How Much did you talk to them. NR an always "insecure artist," "supreme self confidence". What kind of journal did he keep. Veterans--proposal for six posters for the government. 1970s 4.7 mile bike ride-115 lbs. Worked 7 days a week 8:45-5:00. Famous Artists School--NR lost his school fortune. Made 1.4 mil in 1971-ad work. Boy Scout-calendars. Nov 11, 1975-full page ad in Wall Street Journal regarding reproductions. Manling NR reputation. Little Dix Bay. Alzheimer's. Notes/Underlinings: Underlinings: How author came to write book, details on family, personality, career, mental health issues within the family, friends. Notes: "4000 pieces," "cool," "Stockbridge," "homes Mass., Vt.," "Jarvis, Tom, Peter," "no bio.," "wife Mary," "best ideas shaving," "cruel," "1944 fire in studio," "Mary divorce," "1860s Hoboken, NJ," "obit," "TB," "Nancy's demanding," "Howard Hill dies 65," "bum," "Blue blood Rockwells," "Grandmother Phoebe Waring," "Robert Getty," "marrying Yonkers families," "Central Park apt.," "Feb. 3, 1894 born N.R.," "eyes," "sissy name," "Jerry resentful of Norman," "teach to draw," "Saturday Evening Post," "ship models," "Spanish-American War," "Nancy feeling ill," "never close to mother," "prejudices," "Eva," "7 years McKinley," "grades mediocre," "1912 Provincetown, Cape Cod," "his hero Rembrandt," "Boy's Life' 1913," "New Rochelle," "1916 not inducted into armed services," "Jerry's son Dick," "Irene O'Connor proposes," "unhappy marriage," "dropped turkey," "1922 Paris 18 days, 2 weeks, Irene didn't go to Europe," "the chauffer," "Irene indiscreet," "next five years decadence," "high society," "Bonnie Briar Country Club," "1928 age 34 dandy at night," "Paris, the brothel," "1930 Norman engaged to Mary Rhodes Barstow 14 yrs younger," "Mary," "too busy for a date," "1933 $40,000 earnings," "Tom born 1933, NR-39," "painters," "lost his way depression," "Peter Levine kidnapped, 12 trs. old 1938," "England trip," "abortion," "move to Arlington," "back to New Rochelle, hard for Jerry in a non-rural school," "can't do their jobs," "disingenuous method more than he can deliver," "Four Freedoms painted summer 1942," "FDR Jan. 6, 1941," "a political," "supported U.N.," "1943 studio fire, depression set in 1942," "audit," "Mary, signs of stress," "lived carelessly," "1943 $10,000 4 Freedoms," "fire," "1945 New Yorker article," "sons learn of previous marriage," "Rufus Jarman the writer," "Ken Stuart," "Post contract," "Communist Party," "no blacks on Post covers," "liberality," "voted for Thomas 1948," "bikes," "Calendars," "drinking too much," "1948, mother drinking," "audit," "Norman to Calif., left Peter with a drinking mother," "art-interns," "criticism," "a genius," "1951 only 3 covers for Post," "1953 ads," "Mary to Riggs," "Move to Stockbridge end of 1953," "a studio," "tourists wanted fantasies confirmed," "Nancy buried Yonkers," "Art Critic," "fencing, Peter critical condition," "Tom," "Mary falls apart," "Ike dinner," "Mary dangerous depression," "1959 Mary dies. 51 years old. Heart failure, suicide?" "She be admitted," "shock treatments," "Tom's wedding," "Marry attends from hospital," "round the world trip," "dictations," "Aug 25, 1959, Mary sluggish," "Mary dead," "NR continues with therapy," "66 yrs. old 1960," "Molly 38 yrs. taught English Lit.," "never married, died Nov. 2000, female lovers," "Mary "Molly" Punderson (62) marries NR (67) on Oct 25, 1961," "Letter to Peggy," "extremely successful marriage," "mid '66 Jarvis marries Susan," "Vietnam," "didn't support cause, declined offer," "Peter's exasperated," "Nixon," "insincerity," "1969 travel," "Frank Rizzo," "lost his 'Famous Artists School fortune," "Robert Coles," Frank Sinatra decline in abilities," "Common Cause," "Little Dix," "feel lousy," "80th BDay 1973," "minor stroke."

Subject

"Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978."

"Painters--United States--Biography."

"Illustrators--United States--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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