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It’s all over the news! A Normal Rockwell painting, “The Russian Classroom”, owned by mega-film director Steven Spielberg, turns out to be a stolen piece of property. Apparently, Spielberg purchased the painting from a legitimate dealer in 1989 and didn’t know it was stolen until his staff spotted its image last week on an FBI website, listing stolen works of art, according to the bureau. It had been initially stolen from the now-closed Clayton Art Gallery. Only a few days after first exhibiting the work, the front glass windows were smashed. “Russian Classroom” was the only artwork stolen from the gallery.

I grew up as a fan of Norman Rockwell. I became incredibly disappointed as I went through art school to realize that most of my professors turned their noses up at his work. (more…)