15 Facts About Norton Bush

Norton Bush did landscape paintings of California, Panama, Nicaragua, Peru and Ecuador, with a focus on Luminism.

Norton Bush was born on February 22,1834, in Rochester, New York.

Norton Bush learned landscape painting from William Harris in Rochester and Jasper Francis Cropsey of the Hudson River School in New York City.

Norton Bush was mentored by Frederic Edwin Church, who suggested he paint the landscapes of South America.

Norton Bush did landscape paintings of the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe and New England.

Norton Bush was hired by William Chapman Ralston to paint the landscapes of Panama, including the Chagres River.

Norton Bush was hired by Edwin B Crocker to do landscape paintings of Nicaragua.

Norton Bush was hired by Henry Meiggs to do landscape paintings of Peru.

Norton Bush's paintings were purchased by the likes of Leland Stanford and James Clair Flood.

Norton Bush was a member of the California Art Association, and the director of the San Francisco Art Association from 1878 to 1880.

Norton Bush's work was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition.

Norton Bush won the gold medal at the California State Fair multiple times.

Norton Bush resided in San Francisco, California, and he was a member of the Bohemian Club.

Norton Bush died of complications from a cold he caught in Chicago on April 24,1894, at the Fabiola Hospital in Oakland, California.

Norton Bush's funeral was held at the Unitarian Church in San Francisco.