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American Dreams, Schemes, and Delusions: On Norman Rockwell’s Art and Social Consciousness
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American Dreams, Schemes, and Delusions: On Norman Rockwell’s Art and Social Consciousness

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 / 31 July 2019

Tom Rockwell's Afterword in the reissue of Norman Rockwell's My Adventures as an Illustrator takes pains to suggest that the awakening of his father's social consciousness was probably only possible after leaving The Saturday Evening Post.

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‘Cartoon County’ Life in Post-WWII America

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 / 16 February 2018
Catch Dave Hickey’s Collection of Criticism a ‘Perfect Wave’ and You’ll Enjoy the Ride
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Catch Dave Hickey’s Collection of Criticism a ‘Perfect Wave’ and You’ll Enjoy the Ride

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 / 24 January 2018

In Hickey's formulation, what is raw is hot. What is cooked is cool. Art and democracy are better served by cool cats, not hotheads.

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Through a Glass Darkly: ‘American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell’

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 / 27 November 2013