{"product_id":"norman-rockwell-thomas-denenberg-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Denenberg,Carolyn Bauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917273355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917273350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Thomas Denenberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520844218623,"sku":"9781917273350","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd455420-0722-4dcf-9510-fe0491a929d8.jpg?v=1762887349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/norman-rockwell-thomas-denenberg-9781917273350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}