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John Warner Norton exhibition catalog

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Exhibit catalog from 1993 Illinois State Museum retrospective about artist John Warner Norton. Document includes a preface by Cheryl Hahn, acknowledgements, essay "The Life and Art of John Warner Norton" by Jim L. Zimmer, mural commissions list, essay "John Norton: Mural Painter" by Richard N. Murray, life chronology and exhibition checklist.
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Jim L. Zimmer John Warner Norton Project Director Director, Sioux City Art Center Cheryl Hahn Gallery Administrator Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery Richard N. Murray Guest Essayist National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery Lockport, Illinois November 3, 1991-March 28, 1992 State of Illinois Art Gallery Chicago, Illinois July 27- September 11, 1992 Illinois State Museum Springfield, Illinois September 26, 1992- January 3, 1993 This publication is produced in conjunction with John Warner Norton, a traveling exhibition organized by the Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, a branch of the Illinois State Museum, Springfield. List of Norton's known mural commissions 1904-1933; Painter, illustrator and educator John Warner Norton-instructor at the School of the Art Institute and Oxbow for over two decades-contributed significantly to the evolution of American mural painting in pre-WPA ears and before an early death cut short his career at its pinnacle. His aesthetic vision and flexible approach garnered commissions from many important architects of the era, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Purcell and Elmslie, and Holabird & Root. Norton's life circumstances, his commitment to students and his artistic contributions merge to tell a fascinating story of an important, but under-appreciated, artist of early 20th century Chicago. John Warner Norton exhibition catalog picture number 4

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In-depth information about artist and muralist John Warner Norton who had a cottage at Ox-Bow.

Artists1910 Ox-Bow

Winthers, Sally

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Schmiechen, James A.

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11 in

8-1/2 in

1993

Perfect Bound

0-99792-137-2

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Norton Ox-Bow CottageNorton, John Warner 1876-1934

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