Viola Norman

Artist Details

• First Name Viola
• Maiden Name Norman
• Surname Norman
• Spouse’s Full Name n/a
• Previous Spouse(s) n/a
• Names and Birth Years of Children n/a
• Birth Date January 26, 1889
• Birth Place Tremont, Illinois
• Death Date January 8, 1935
• Death Place Chicago, Illnois
• Residence(s) 201 East Superior St., Chicago, Illinois (childhood home)
  
   
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
  Tremont, Illinois
• Categories Sculptor
• Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [sponsored by Nettie Washburn (1864-1918) of Tremont, Illinois]
  
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History 1927, 1929: Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois
  
  January 28-March 20, 1932:  Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Portrait—Thomas Wood
• Collections City of Tremont, Illinois
  
  Tremont Historical Society, Tremont, Illinois
• Publications Newspaper article on Tremont school project: Renken, Leslie "Art Teacher Keeps Alive Legacy of Tremont-born Sculptor Viola Norman," Peoria Journal Star, December 16, 2016
• Awards 1923: Dunham Gold Medal Award,
  
  1927, 1929: First Honors, Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois
• Archive(s) Tremont Historical Society, Tremont, Illinois
• Other Occupation(s) 1913-1923: Taught sculpture class at Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Established Chicago School of Sculpture, Chicago, Illinois; Charles Umlauf served as her assistant 1932
• Biography Parents:  A.G. and Estella E. Norman; he owned a shoe shop
  
  several siblings