ARENA | ARchive of Emperor Norton in the Arts
Visual Arts
"Emperor Norton I" (2005), wood engraving by Jim Westergard (b. 1939). © 2005 Jim Westergard. Source: Jim Westergard.
Virtually from the outset of his Empire — starting in the early 1860s — Emperor Norton has been taken up as a subject for visual artists.
As part of its Archive of Emperor Norton in the Arts (ARENA), The Emperor Norton Trust (previously The Emperor's Bridge Campaign) seeks to collect and present here a digital chronology of the best of as many of these artworks as we can find.
There currently are a total of 230 works across the following galleries. (Nearly all of the Public Art images are "cross-tabbed" from the other galleries.)
Click below for slideshow galleries of:
Engravings, Paintings & Drawings (149 images)
Comics (33)
Public Art (21)
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