John Warner Norton
John Warner Norton (7 March 1876 – 7 January 1934) was an American painter and muralist who pioneered the field in the United States. Norton was born in Lockport, Illinois, the son of John Lyman Norton and Ada Clara Gooding Norton. The family ran the Norton & Co.
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- Name
- John Warner Norton
- Born
- 7 March 1876
- Birthplace
- Lockport, Illinois
- Died
- 7 January 1934
- Place of death
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Education
- Harvard University, Art Institute of Chicago
- Known for
- Painter and muralist
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · designer
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Of Lockport. Norton's study of law at Harvard University was broken off when the family's firm went bankrupt. Before, and after a period of living as a cowboy and enlisting with the Rough Riders, he studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago (1897, 1899–1901); he would later teach there. His students included Frances Badger. He was influenced by the Armory Show and the Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai. Paul, Minnesota city hall; twelve murals comprising The History of Mankind (1923) at the Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College, in Wisconsin; and his first major mural in Chicago's Cliff Dwellers Club (1909), where he was a founding member. Norton was married and had a son and two daughters. At the time of his death on January 7, 1934, in Charleston, South Carolina of cancer, he was a popular and respected artist. • Illustration — Ceres (1930) • Illustration — "Keep these off the U.S.A", World War I Liberty Bonds poster • Illustration — December 1902 cover of The Inland Printer magazine
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• Name — John Warner Norton • Born — 7 March 1876 • Birthplace — Lockport, Illinois • Died — 7 January 1934 • Place of death — Charleston, South Carolina • Education — Harvard University, Art Institute of Chicago • Known for — Painter and muralist • Father — John Lyman Norton • Mother — Ada Clara Gooding Norton
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John Warner Norton appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a painter and muralist (1876 – 1934). John Warner Norton was born in Lockport (1876) and died in Charleston (1934).
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1876
John Warner Norton was born on 7 March 1876.
1934
John Warner Norton died on 7 January 1934.
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Honors
• William M. R. French memorial Gold Medal (1924) • Norman Waite Harris Bronze Medal (1926) • honorary Master of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago • Gold Medal of Honor for Mural Painting from the Architectural League of New York (1931), for his paintings in the Tavern Club in Chicago.
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