Norling Familly Collection, 1912-1974
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Norling, Ernest R.; Norling, Josephine
- Title
- Norling Familly Collection
- Dates
- 1912-1974 (inclusive)19121974
- Quantity
- 20 linear feet, (2 manuscript boxes, 15 flat boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.382
- Summary
- The Norling Collection contains framed lithographs, biographical information, and newspaper clippings. This collection, which dates from 1912 to 1974, also contains art, books and original sketches.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Ernest R. Norling was born in Pasco, Washington, raised in Ellensburg, Washington and graduated from Whitman College in 1915. He attended the Chicago Academy of Arts and while there was awarded a fellowship with the Tiffany Foundation in New York. Ernest became a nationally honored painter, sculptor, wood carver and author. His painting, The Timber Bucker, was selected for the White House by President and Mrs. Roosevelt in 1934, and he painted murals for the Washington State capitol in Olympia, the Washington National Bank in Ellensburg, and the University of Washington. Him and his wife, Josephine Norling, collaborated frequently. Ernest died in 1974 and she died in 1972.
Content Description
The Norling Family Collection includes a series of paintings illustrating the 23rd psalm, biographical information, newspaper clippings exhibiting samples of Ernest's work. This collection, which spans from 1912 through 1974, also contains a scrapbook created during his time as a student at Whitman College, collaborative work, educational books, the original sketches used in Whitman, An Unfinished Story, by Stephen B.L. Penrose. This collection gives an insight into the artistic career of Ernest Norling and stylistic choices made during his time.
