John W. Norton
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John Warner Norton (7 March 1876 - 7 January 1934) was an Illinois mural and easel artist who pioneered the field in the United States.
Among his works are the landmark 1929 long ceiling mural for the concourse ceiling of the Chicago Daily News Building (not currently installed in this building which has been renamed), the Ceres mural in the Chicago Board of Trade Building (1930), his Tavern Club (Chicago) murals, his American Heritage Series at the Hamilton Park Field House, 513 W. 72nd St., Chicago, a mural at the St. 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 the Cliff Dwellers' Club (1909).
Norton was born in Lockport, Illinois, the son of John Lyman Norton and Ada Clara Gooding Norton. The family ran the Norton & Co. of Lockport. Norton's study of the law at Harvard University was broken off when the family's firm went bankrupt. Before and...
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