New York in the 1930s

Fulton Avenue Fish Market

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Fulton Street Fish Market - acrylic on canvas - 30" x 24" Though the Fulton Fish Market today resides at Hunts Point in the Br...

"Jammed!"

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"Traffic Jam" (acrylic on canvas) - 24" x 36" The increased use of private automobiles greatly affected all transpor...

The Sheep Meadow

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"The Sheep Meadow" - acrylic on canvas - 16" x 20" The Sheep Meadow was created in an area of Central Park originall...

Cab Calloway - The Hi De Ho Man

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"Cab Calloway" (acrylic on canvas) 20" x 16" Cab Calloway was only 24 years old when he recorded his most f...

The Manhattan Harbor of the 1930s

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“New York Harbor in the 1930s” by George H. Rothacker, 2014 acrylic on canvas - 30" x 40" New York Harbor, located at...

Kiki Roberts

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“Kiki” by George H. Rothacker, 2013 acrylic on canvas - 24" x 16" (Click image for larger view) Though women have played s...

Blood Over Manhattan - in tribute to Beatrice Abbott

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"Blood Over Manhattan" by George H. Rothacker acrylic on canvas - 24" x 30" Of all the magazines published in New...

Cynthia the Mannequin

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"Cynthia the Mannequin" by George H. Rothacker   acrylic on canvas - 24" x 40" There are many versions in the stor...

Lucky Luciano

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Lucky Luciano - acrylic on canvas   - 24" x 40" If there ever was a “genius” at crime, it was found in Salvatore Lucania, bett...

New York Boogie-Woogie

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"New York Boogie-Woogie" (acrylic on canvas) 38" x 32" Boogie-woogie originated as an African American style of p...

Buddy on Broadway

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Buddy on Broadway (acrylic on canvas) 32" x 32" Before he was Jedd Clampett or Barnaby Jones, Buddy Ebsen was a sing...

Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling

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Joe Louis (acrylic on canvas) 48" x 48" Joe Louis had a reputation rare to most fighters. He was viewed as a modest, hard...

Father Divine in Harlem

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Father Divine in Harlem (acrylic on canvas) 30" x 48" He looked out for himself That son of freed slaves That no ...

The Duke Ellington Orchestra

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  The Duke Ellington Orchestra (acrylic on canvas) 24 x 36" Composer and pianist Percy Grainger said of Duke Ellington, “...
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George Rothacker is a celebrated artist, filmmaker and designer who shares a long history with the Jimmy Stewart Museum, In 2002, he painted “First Snowfall,” a canvas and print edition featuring “It’s a Wonderful Life” on the marquee of the Indiana Theater. Over the years, his collaboration with the Museum has produced, among other things, the biographic documentary of Stewart: “Always Remember – Be Nice to People.” George and his wife, Barbara, live in Villanova, Pennsylvania and are parents to four children and grandparents to eight. George’s daughter, Noelle, graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2002, and now lives with her family in the community of Penn Run, a short drive from the Stewart Museum.
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