McCauley (“Mac”) Conner (born 1913) grew up admiring Norman Rockwell magazine covers in his father’s general store. He arrived in New York as a young man to work on wartime Navy publications and stayed on to make a career in the city’s vibrant publishing industry. The exhibition presents Conner’s hand-painted illustrations for advertising campaigns and women’s magazines like Redbook and McCall’s, made during the years after World War II when commercial artists helped to redefine American style and culture.
Co-sponsored by Norman Rockwell Museum/The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies and The Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis.
Exhibition curated by Terrence C. Brown and D.B. Dowd.
Interview by Stephanie Plunkett, Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum.
Video by Bill J Killon and Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved.
Artwork courtesy Mac Conner. All rights reserved.
