Artist

William E. Norton

born Boston, MA 1843-died New York City 1916
William Penhallow Henderson, <i>Portrait of William E. Norton</i>, 1901, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Gift of Alice H. Rossin 1982.1.31.
William Penhallow Henderson, Portrait of William E. Norton, 1901, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Gift of Alice H. Rossin 1982.1.31.
Also known as
  • William Edward Norton
  • William Norton
  • W. E. Norton
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

William E. Norton worked as a housepainter in Boston and studied drawing in the evenings at Lowell Institute. He spent several summers on the coast of Maine, trying to capture “the effect of making finished pictures out-of-doors, instead of making sketches.” (Chicago Daily Tribune, July 31, 1893) Norton traveled around Europe, studying and exhibiting his work, and won several prizes for marine painting.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Henry Wolf, Howard Pyle, She Was Silent, 1889, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.35
She Was Silent
Artist
Date1889
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Howard Pyle, May Be "Shipwrecked", 1890, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.41
May Be ​“Shipwrecked”
Artist
Date1890
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Howard Pyle, Cooking a Camp Dinner, 1877, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.1
Cooking a Camp Dinner
Artist
Date1877
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Howard Pyle, Washington the Young Surveyor, 1888, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.29
Washington the Young Surveyor
Artist
Date1888
wood engraving on paper
Not on view