“Sweetness and Light: Children in Illustration” Opening November 14 At Huntsville Museum Of Art

HUNTSVILLE-The Huntsville Museum of Art is only a week away from the official opening of   Show runs from November 14, 2021 through February 27, 2022.

Exclusive to the Huntsville Museum of Art, Sweetness and Light: Children in Illustration features approximately 35 original artworks by celebrate Golden Age Illustrators, including Jessie Wilcox Smith, Ludwig Bemelmans, John Clymer, F. X. Leyendecker, Hy Hintermeister and Harrison Fisher, borrowed from the National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, RI. By illustrating subject matters related to children’s lives throughout classic stories, magazine covers, and advertisements, these artists produced beautiful and compelling images which both reflected and shaped our

understanding of childhood.

Technological advances notwithstanding, some important changes during the turn of the 20th century were significant advancements in psychology. Americans reached a new awareness of the concept of childhood and began to see it as a unique period distinct from adulthood.

This exhibition highlights images of childhood with sweetly sentimental, nostalgic, humorous, and lighthearted scenarios.

The Huntsville Museum of Art is located at 300 Church Road in Huntsville founded  in 1970, aims to bring people and art together through acquiring, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the highest quality works of art.

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