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 [African Americans in the paintings of Norman Rockwell] Original Airdate: 2/24/1989 Length: 00:04:35 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Carmen Fields reports that the Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA is commemorating Black History Month by exhibiting Norman Rockwell's work featuring African Americans. Fields interviews Maureen Hart Hennessey (curator, Rockwell Museum) about Rockwell's paintings depicting events in the civil rights movement, including The Problem We All Live With and Murder in Mississippi. Fields notes that Rockwell did these paintings for Look Magazine in the 1960s. Fields and Hennessey discuss the portrayal of African Americans in Rockwell's earlier work for the Saturday Evening Post, including The Boy in the Dining Car. Hennessey talks about an African American family in Stockbridge who modeled for Rockwell. She notes that the children of the family modeled for the paintings, The Problem We All Live With and New Kids in the Neighborhood. Fields' report includes footage of tour guides at the museum talking about specific paintings during museum tours. This tape includes additional footage of the Rockwell Museum and of Rockwell's paintings. Contributor : Reporter Carmen Fields
Subject : Keywords African Americans in art Art and artists Subject : Personal Names Fields, Carmen Hennessey, Maureen Hart Rockwell, Norman Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Norman Rockwell Museum Subject : Geographic Locations Stockbridge (Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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