biography of Elizabeth NORTON (1887-1985)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Death place: Palo Alto, CA

Addresses: Palo Alto, CA

Profession: Sculptor, graphic artist, painter, printmaker

Studied: AIC; ASL, with Du Mond; NAD; Chase School

Exhibited: Macbeth Gal., NYC; ASL; Herter Gal., NYC, 1915; AIC 1915-21; Stanford Univ., 1920, 1950 (solo); Montross Gal., NYC, 1923; LOC, 1924; PAFA Ann., 1929; Courvoisier Gal., San Francisco, 1930; GGE, 1939; Calif. Min. Pr. Soc., 1941; NAD, 1927, 1942; Calif. State Lib., 1942 (solo); Calif. PM, 1942; Calif. SE, 1942; Am. Color Pr. Soc., 1944; Wichita AA, 1946; Prairie Printmakers, annually; Palo Alto A. Cl., annually.

Member: Calif. PM; Woodcut Soc.; AFA; Calif. SE; Pacific Art Lg. Palo Alto; San Francisco Soc. Women Painters; Palo Alto A. Cl., 1921 (founder)

Work: Detroit Athletic Cl.; Stanford Univ.; Calif. State Lib.; All Saints Church, Palo Alto; MMA; AIC; LOC; Smithsonian Inst.; Hackley Art Gal.; FMA; Am. Mus. Natural Hist.; Springfield (MA) Pub. Lib.; NYPL; Children's Mus., Boston; Williams Col., MA; Georgia State Col.; Massachusetts State Col.; Yale; bas-reliefs, Menlo School Teachers Col., Menlo Park, CA; San Mateo County Lib., Redwood City, CA

Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series. More recently, see Hughes, Artists in California, 407.