A Winter's Tale

"My daughter, Abigail, found this wonderful farm on a snowy afternoon in early 2009. The brightness and clarity of the day, the rich shadows and pristine snow, and the beauty of the patterns pushed through from vegetation in the fields compounded the effect of a perfect winter landscape."

Collection of Pennsylvania Trust Company, Radnor

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Commissioned Snow Scene by George H. Rothacker

20th Century American Writers

Paintings of writers who have been an inspiration, or affected my life ina positive way,

The Movies and Music of Hollywood

Paintings that meld the music with the films of Hollywood in the 20th Century

Nantucket Walls

Photos from the walls of the third floor of the Rotche Building in Nantucket

Havana '59

Paintings of Havana from our visit in 2009

New York in the 1930s

Paintings, stories and videos of New York during the Great Depression

Social Conflicts in America

About George

George H. Rothacker: 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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