This full-sized album of Saturday Evening Post covers captures everyday events and historic moments in American history.

Although technically Norman Rockwell was an academic painter, he had the eye of a photographer and, as he became a mature artist, he used this eye to give us a picture of America that was familiar — astonishingly so — and at the same time unique. Rockwell best expressed this vision of America in his justly famous cover illustrations for magazines like The Saturday Evening Post. 332 of these cover paintings, from beloved classics like “Marbles Champion” to lesser-known gems like “Feeding Time,” are reproduced in stunning full-colour in this large-format volume, which is sure to be treasured by art lovers everywhere.

About the Author:

Christopher Finch’s books include the bestsellers Norman Rockwell’s America, The Art of Walt Disney, and Rainbow, a biography of Judy Garland, which was turned into a motion picture for NBC television. His other books have dealt with various aspects of contemporary painting and popular culture.

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Norman Rockwell's best-loved works, collected in a handsome clothbound volume

Norman Rockwell gave us a picture of America that was familiar – astonishingly so – and at the same time unique, because only he could bring it to life with such authority.

Rockwell best expressed this vision of America in his justly famous cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, painted between 1916 and 1963. All of his Post covers are reproduced in splendid full colour in this oversized volume, with commentaries by Christopher Finch, the noted writer on art and popular culture.

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It seems familiar because it was everyone's dream of America; and it was unique because only Rockwell managed to bring it to life with such authority. This was, perhaps, an America that never existed, but it was an America the public wanted to exist. And Rockwell put it together from elements that were there for everyone to see.

Norman Rockwell helped preserve American myths, but, more than that, he recreated them and made them palatable for new generations. His function was to reassure people, to remind them of old values in times of rapid change.

About the Author:

Christopher Finch was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands, in 1939 and came to the United States in 1968 to join the curatorial staff of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. His books include the best sellers Norman Rockwell’s America, The Art of Walt Disney, and Rainbow, a biography of Judy Garland, which was turned into a motion picture for NBC television.

The bestselling classic celebrating animation legend Walt Disney by author and photographer Christopher Finch — revised and updated to celebrate Disney 100 Years of Wonder

Since it was first published in 1973, The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond has established itself as an indispensable classic of illustrated book publishing, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. Offering a comprehensive history and tribute to the career and legacy of Walt Disney, the book was the first to reveal the wealth of concept art, animation drawings, and archival material that is created in the course of animating films.

Now back in print to celebrate Disney 100 Years of Wonder, this groundbreaking work collects a century of timeless animation.

- Foreword by legendary Disney animator Floyd Norman (Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and The Jungle Book)
- Presented for the first time in a deluxe foil slipcase and real-cloth binding with foil stamping

About the Authors:

Christopher Finch was the author of many books about art in America, including Chuck Close: Work, Chuck Close: Life, Norman Rockwell’s America, and Jim Henson: The Works. 

At 88 years old, Disney legend Floyd Norman (animator, storyman, and beloved “troublemaker”) is the picture of perseverance in the animation industry. As the first African American animator at Disney, arriving in 1956, Floyd worked on classics like Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and The Jungle Book. On the latter title, Floyd was handpicked by Walt Disney to join the story team. Impressed? This is just the start of his ongoing 67 years in animation—as told in his documentary, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life.