In 1940, America's favorite illustrator Norman Rockwell, his wife
Mary and their three sons moved to the picturesque rural village of
West Arlington, Vermont. The artist discovered a treasure trove of
models. Norman Rockwell's Models: In and out of the Studio is the
first to detail these models' lives, friendships with the artist,
and experiences in his studio. Dressed in quaint work clothing, the
models were dairy farmers, carpenters, country doctors, soldiers,
and mechanics. Norman Rockwell's Models features non-fiction
narratives telling the story of these folks during an era when they
helped the war effort, farmed with horses, and received home visits
from doctors. The book also describes the challenges the models
faced in their own lives and how these affected their expressions
in the paintings. For example, in several 1945 masterpieces, the
jubilance Americans felt after the close of the second word war is
revealed in their faces. Upon meeting people, young or old, the
artist would say, "Call Me Norman." Rockwell learned the models'
roles in the community and their personalities, which fostered
genuine paintings. He strove, for example, to find real-life
soldiers to model as WWII heroes and spirited boys and girls for
lively paintings. In the studio, Norman was charming and polite,
but painstaking. He demonstrated poses and did whatever was
necessary to evoke his trademark expressions, including telling
stories of his own life, sometimes laughing or crying. Spending
entire summers at his family's farmhouse near West Arlington,
Vermont, the author, S.T. Haggerty, grew up knowing many models,
including those who posed for such iconic works as Freedom of
Speech, Breaking Home Ties, and Girl at the Mirror. Along with
models and their families, the author hayed the scenic fields in
the Batten Kill River Valley and swam under the red covered bridge
on the Village Green. This experiences give him a unique
perspective for telling this story.
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