An Afternoon with Illustration Legend Ed Vebell
This week, Manager of Collections and Registration Martin Mahoney and I had be priviledge of visiting with veteran illustrator, Ed Vebell, whose extraordinary career as a combat, editorial, and historical illustrator has spanned seven decades. We are fortunate to feature one of Ed’s original illustrations in the Norman Rockwell Museum’s permanent collection, a generous gift of the artist depicting the dramatic nineteenth century meeting of the East and West Railroads at Promontory Point, Utah. Fortunately, we captured our conversation with this gifted visual communicator on video for the Museum’s growing collection of oral histories, which can be referenced through the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Archive.
