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狐公子

@jameswu12.bsky.social

Doing #mastercopy sketches @nortonmuseumofart at @cityofpasadena using @remarkable tablet. #drawing #sketching #画画 #素描 20251125D1-3

November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM

The Palm Beaches

@thepalmbeaches.bsky.social

Experience West Palm Beach like a local 🌴👇

🌊 Waterfront strolls
🍸 Clematis eats & murals
🎨 @nortonmuseumofart
🛍️ @cityplacewestpalm
🧬 @coxsciencecenter
🌮 @zipitios tacos

#ThePalmBeaches #LOVEThePalmBeaches #WestPalmBeach

November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Chris Geiger

@chrisgeiger.com

#myleicajourney #myleicacompanion #nortonmuseumofart #picture #artist #squarepic #squarephotography #art

August 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Unity School

@unityschoolfl.bsky.social

🎨 Our 4th graders visited @nortonmuseumofart for a day of inspiration! From exploring galleries to creating in the studio, this field trip sparked ideas for their upcoming Art Show! 🖌️🖼️ #UnitySchoolFL #StudentArtists #ArtEducation

April 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM

mamimochi.bsky.social

@mamimochi.bsky.social

#LionDance #LunarNewYear #NortonMuseumofArt #ChineseNewYear Lion dance costumed dancer Chinese New Year celebration Lunar New Year Norton Museum of art

Color photograph of costumed dancer lion Dance Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration Norton Museum of Art

February 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM

mamimochi.bsky.social

@mamimochi.bsky.social

#photography #LionDance #ChineseLunarNewYear #NortonMuseumofArt lion dancers Doing their thing at the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the Norton Museum of Art.

Color photograph of Chinese lunar New year lion dance costumed dancers

February 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

Ruby Green Singing by James Chapin (American) - Oil on canvas / 1928 - Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, Florida) #womeninart #portrait #art #NortonMuseumofArt #fineart #artwork #JamesChapin #americanartist #oilpainting #Chapin #womensart #portraitofawoman #NortonMuseum #africanamericanart

The simple background may indicate that the singer posed for the artist in his studio, but it doesn't really matter ... because the singer's uplifted head, eyes, and parted lips, suggests her being in her own time and space with her focused spirituality and devotion to music.

She stands alone, bathed in a sunlit glow, her eyes lifted heavenward, her hands gently clasped in front of her pink satin dress. Her hair is cut like a flapper's, short and pert, and her face has the rounded innocence of a cherub. Her name is Ruby, and she is singing.

Her last name is Greene. Throughout her life, it was misspelled in books, newspapers, even on her portrait at the Norton Museum of Art.

Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1909, Ruby intersected with some of the 1900's most important cultural eras and personalities over a 6 decade career. She recorded for RCA, appeared in concerts, sang on radio, acted in a soap opera, even made a commercials.

At 19, as a singer of spiritual songs with The Hall Johnson’s Negro Chorus in Manhattan, her life changed when white New Jersey painter James Ormsbee Chapin painted this wonderful portrait from observation.

Chapin’s attention to detail, deep shadows, and strong highlights create a stage-like setting. Light plays an important, almost spiritual role in this painting. Ruby’s hand placement possibly refers to her classical vocal training; as singers used to be trained to hold their hands in positions like this.

Throughout the following decades, Chapin's fame grew to paint U.S. politicians, fellow artists, famous actors, and more, but he continued to paint black Americans and was quoted as saying Ruby's picture was meant to depict "the beauty of Negro music and the Negro people."

February 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM

mamimochi.bsky.social

@mamimochi.bsky.social

#ChineseNewYear #DragonDance #YearOfTheRat #NortonMuseumOfArt beautiful day in West Palm Beach at the Norton Museum of Art lunar new year Celebration

February 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

Dazzling #Jewelry Created by #Picasso, #Dalí, and More Shines in a New #Museum #Art Show.

“Artists’ Jewelry: From Cubism to Pop, the #DianeVenet Collection” is on view at the #NortonMuseumOfArt, 1450 S Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, #Florida, April 12–October 5.

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January 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM

Norton Museum of Art

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So much happened this year, we couldn't fit it all in one video...

What a year it's been! Our 2024 was jam-packed, filled with visitors, events, and, of course, art.

Thank you for joining us this year, and we hope to see you again in the next!

#NortonMuseumofArt #NortonMuseum #artmuseum

December 31, 2024 at 7:31 PM

Norton Museum of Art

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Head to the Norton to see the show everyone is talking about!

[6] Photo: Austen Waldron.
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