b. 1905 d. 1982
Site Affiliation: Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
Born in Selma, Alabama, Ann Vaughan Weaver drew from the time she was five-years old and received her first sculpting tool at age 8. After graduating from Smith College, Ann moved to New York to study at the National Academy of Design, the Arts Student League of New York and Cooper Union. She studied with artists William Zorach, Leon Kroll, and Jose de Creeft. She apprenticed with John Hovannes and was a studio assistant to Alexander Archipenko. While in New York, Ann’s work was well received, and she participated in group shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She was the recipient of two Carnegie Traveling Fellowships. During her career she participated in solo and group exhibitions at the Schneider Gallery, Rome; The Musée Rodin, Paris; Bodley Gallery, New York; Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York; Lowe Museum of Art, Miami; The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach; and the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach.
Primary Medium: Sculpture
Primary Stylistic Term: Modernist
Fun Fact: Norton traveled to Tibet and Nepal meeting the Dali Lama on several occasions
Recommended Publications: Ann Weaver Norton, Sculptor by William U. Eiland (2000); Monumental Dreams, The Life and Sculpture of Ann Weaver Norton by Caroline Seebohm (2014); Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios by Valerie A. Balint (2020)