NEW IN NOVEMBER

Eloise & More: The Life and Art of Hilary Knight

OPENING WEEKEND
Saturday - Sunday, November 12 - 13

Curator Talks

Family Art Activities (RSVP here)

Storytimes

ARTIST TALK (RSVP here, limited seats remain)

This exhibtion has been supported in part by the Max and Victorial Dreyfus Foundation

Celebrate the opening weekend of the new exhibition Eloise & More: The Art of Hilary Knight .

ELOISE: This exhibition featuring original art, manuscripts, sketches, photographs, music, videos and more will pay homage to the sprightly six-year-old.  Much of the work on view has rarely been seen, including trial Eloise drawings, previously unpublished drawings from Eloise in Paris, and a once-stolen Eloise portrait from the Plaza Hotel.

& MORE: Also on view: Knight's early advertising assignments; magazine illustrations; merchandising sketches; concept art and posters for Broadway musicals; fashion designs; personal photos; sketches, concept art, and artworks from several other books he illustrated and/or wrote.

Opening Weekend Programs

WHO IS HILARY KNIGHT?

Best known for his iconic illustrations of Eloise in the books by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight has been creating art for seven decades. Influenced by his artistic parents, whose work will be on view in this exhibition, Knight’s first drawings were featured in 1952 in magazines such as Gourmet and Mademoiselle. Two years later, he was introduced to actress and singer Kay Thompson. Over the next few years, they collaborated on four books featuring Eloise, the six-year-old girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel.

Since then, Knight has continued his successful career illustrating in a variety of fields. Featured in the exhibition are Knight’s early advertising assignments; magazine illustrations; Eloise merchandising sketches; concept art and posters for Broadway musicals; painted fashion designs; personal photographs; sketches, concept art, and final work for several books he illustrated and some that he wrote; and a folding screen inspired by Eloise. 

Find out more about the upcoming exhibition here!

COMING UP • Veterans Day Online Program

Virtual Screening
Art by and of Veterans

Veterans Day: Friday, November 11

A salute to Veterans through the eyes of illustrators Victor Juhasz and Elize McKelvey, who have documented real-life experiences of American service members.

View on demand, free of charge at NRM.org beginning Friday, November 11, and on the Museum’s social channels.

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Berkshire Eagle Review
Norman Rockwell Drawings Exhibition

Though best known for his painted magazine covers and illustrations for stories, books, and advertisements, Norman Rockwell was also a prolific and masterful draftsman who utilized drawing as an essential underpinning of his art. Whether rough or highly refined, Rockwell’s drawing process made it possible for him to envision every aspect of a final work before it was begun.

Read The Berkshire Eagle article about Rockwell's Drawings  here.

NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE

Check out some of the new books we have in stock in the Museum Store or online!

• Faithful Friends: Rockwell and His Dogs

• Norman Rockwell Drawings, 1911-1976

•  Eloise books

• 50 Hikes in the Berkshire Hills

Not too soon to start your holiday shopping! 

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