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A week ago on this program, we spoke to art critic Deborah Solomon about her new biography of iconic artist, Norman Rockwell, American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell. The book is a ...
A new biography that claims painter Norman Rockwell may have had homoerotic urges has his family up in arms. Deborah Solomon’s “American Mirror,” an account of the artist’s life published ...
Members of the Norman Rockwell family are angered over a biography of the painter published earlier this year. “Our attitude is that they made a mistake and they’re continuing the mistake by ...
Upset about a book they believe is deeply flawed and factually inaccurate, the family of Norman Rockwell is finally speaking up. “It’s being presented as the definitive biography and it’s so ...
BOSTON – The family of the late Norman Rockwell is taking exception to a new biography of the American illustrator, saying it contains numerous inaccuracies and poses a “phantom theory ...
PITTSFIELD -- A new biography of Norman Rockwell is drawing sharp criticism from members of the late artist's family, who contend the book is riddled with inaccuracies and over-the-top interpretations ...
The middle son and granddaughter of Norman Rockwell recently started a petition on Change.org seeking to convince the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge to stop promoting and selling Deborah ...
Art critic Deborah Solomon’s 2013 biography of Norman Rockwell, American Mirror, grabbed headlines not because it was very thoroughly researched and written in a casual, engaging style—which ...
Thomas Rockwell, who guarded the legacy of his father, illustrator Norman Rockwell, and made a name of his own as the author ...
"Norman Rockwell with son Thomas, c.1950s." (Norman Rockwell Museum Collection/Copyright Black Star Agency, NY. Used with permission. All rights reserved. ) Thomas ...