Frank Norton

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
The first official war artist for the Royal Australian Navy, painter and illustrator went on to become the Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston.
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painter and illustrator, son of Charles Norton , became the RAN’s first official war artist. Later he was Director of the QVMAG (?) and the AGWA.

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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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Other occupations
  • Official war artist (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Director of art gallery (ANZSIC code: 8910)
  • Official war artist (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Director of art gallery (ANZSIC code: 8910)
Related people
  • Norton, Charles (child of)
  • Norton, Charles (child of)
Related collections
  • Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
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