The Norton Museum of Art was founded in 1941 by Ralph Hubbard Norton (1875–1953) and his first wife, Elizabeth Calhoun Norton (1881–1947).
Norton, the former head of the Chicago-based Acme Steel Co., moved to West Palm Beach upon retirement and decided to share his sizable collection of paintings and sculptures. The late Art Deco/Neoclassical building designed by Marion Sims Wyeth opened its doors to the public on Feb. 8, 1941. Its mission statement is "to preserve for the future the beautiful things of the past."
Building
In 2001, the Norton Museum of Art underwent a significant expansion when the 45,000-square-foot (4,200m2) Gail and Melvin Nessel Wing was built and increased the size of the museum to 122,500 square feet (11,380m2).
Ruth and Carl Shapiro Great Hall featuring Pae White's tapestry "Eikón".The Pamela and Robert B. Goergen Garden walkway
In 2013, the museum unveiled a $60 million[2] master plan designed by the British architect Norman Foster that would nearly double its gallery space and add an education center, auditorium and restaurant.[3] The new West Wing added a 43-foot-high Great Hall.[4] A parking lot next to the museum was converted into a 9,000-square-foot sculpture garden. A new entrance and forecourt along the main thoroughfare, South Dixie Highway, re-established the axial layout of Norton's original 1941 Art Deco building.[4] As planned,[2] the museum broke ground in 2016.[4]
Front angle view of redesigned Norton Museum of Art in February 2019, designed by Foster & Partners.Front angle view of redesigned Norton Museum of Art in February 2019, designed by Foster & Partners.
The museum closed in July 2018 for renovations. On Feb. 9, 2019, it reopened, adding 12,000 square feet (1,100m2) of gallery space, new classrooms, a restaurant, and a 210-seat auditorium, in addition to the sculpture garden.[5]
Norton Museum closed for eight months in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and reopened in November 2020 with new exhibits and safety precautions.[6]
Collection
The ground-level galleries showcase contemporary and 20th century American and European art, as well as a comprehensive collection of Chinese works. On the top floor of the Norton Art Museum, there are noteworthy paintings by late Medieval Italian painter Jacopo Da Firenze, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Joos Van Cleve and Studio, Marcantonio Franceshini, Nicolas Largilliere, Peter Paul Rubens, Anton Van Dyck, David Teniers and Studio, Jan Thomas Yperen, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Giovanni Panini.[1] There also are examples of Chinese Export porcelain.
In 2012, the Norton Museum of Art launched the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers, which comes with a $20,000 prize. It was initiated by Beth Rudin DeWoody[8] and is given biennially to an emerging photographer who has never had a museum show.[9]
2012
The inaugural Rudin Prize was awarded to Analia Saban, nominated by John Baldessari. The other nominees were:
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