Elizabeth Norton

Elizabeth Sawyer Norton (1887–1985) was an American artist, known for her bronze sculptures, paintings, and printmaking. The subject of her work often featured animals, landscapes and/or portraits. She lived in Palo Alto, California, from 1919 until her death in 1985. Early life and education Elizabeth Sawyer Norton was born December 16, 1887, in Chicago, Illinois, to lawyer James Sanger Norton (1844–1896) and Frances Julia Rumsey (1850–1933). Norton studied fine art at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910. She continued her studies at Art Students League of New York with Frank DuMond, the National Academy of Design of New York and the Chase School (which later became Parsons School of Design). While still living in New York City, one of her students was sculptor, Katharine Underhill (born 1892).