| William Steig |
William Steig: Love and Laughter
Norman Rockwell Museum Exhibition to Showcase Donated Illustration Art Collection
from “The King of Cartoons”
William Steig: Love and Laughter
on View June 12 through October 31, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvaT9ZrJVkE
Stockbridge, MA, May 10, 2010- Once named the “King of Cartoons” by Newsweek magazine, William Steig (1907-2003) is renowned for his uproarious comic art, and such best-selling illustrated books as the
Caldecott-winning Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and Shrek! (the inspiration for the blockbuster DreamWorks animated films). A new exhibition explores the breadth of this true American master’s inspired career, from his earliest New Yorker cartoons to his buoyant magazine covers and brilliantly funny reflections on love and life. Accompanying the artist’s work will be a collection of three-dimensional sculptures and assemblages created by Jeanne Steig, a gifted artist and author, and William Steig’s wife of 35 years. The installation reveals the joys of their creative co-habitation and the emergence of themes in both artists’ work which speak to their shared vision. William Steig: Love and Laughter is on view at Norman Rockwell Museum from June 12 through October 31, 2010.