Collection Information
Size: 11.2 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of painter and illuminator Da Loria Norman measure 11.2 linear feet and date from circa 1890-circa 1980. The papers document Norman's career as an artist primarily based in Surrey, England; Old Lyme, Connecticut; and New York City through biographical material, correspondence with her sons and other family, artists, galleries, and friends; writings in the form of notebooks, essays and short stories; diaries; personal business records; project and subject files; printed materials; photographs; and assorted sketches and drawings.
Biographical/Historical Note
Da Loria Norman (1872-1935) was a painter and illuminator who worked in Surrey, England and Old Lyme, Connecticut. Born Belle Elkin Mitchell in Kansas, she lived in England from roughly 1884-1913, and was attracted to the Arts and Crafts Movement, especially to murals and illuminated manuscripts. Among her closest friends were the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and the illustrator Walter Crane. Following a sensational divorce trial in 1914, in which her counsel was Lloyd-George, she returned to America, and worked on private commissions and exhibitions, chiefly in New York, Old Lyme, and Michigan.
Provenance
The Da Loria Norman papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Norman's granddaughter, Cynthia Norman, in 1982.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm material lent for microfilming (reel 2714). Reel 2714 contains images of photographs (1886-1977) of Norman, her family and friends, and her residences at Peaslake, Surrey, England; and Old Lyme, Conn. The photographs were returned to the lender, Cynthia Norman, after microfilming.
Language Note
English .
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