Norris, Erlene Giffin

Person

Biography

Erlene Norris Giffin LeZhan (1917-2018) was a local Greeley artist who was inspired by James A. Michener's novel Centennial to "make the West live again." As part of an art show at the University of Northern Colorado's James A. Michener Library to celebrate Colorado's Centennial and the nation's Bicentennial, she exhibited two oil on masonite paintings: "The Immigrants" and "The Buffalo Hunt."

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Erlene Giffin Norris paintings

Collection

Identifier: JM061

Abstract

This collection consists of two large oil on masonite framed paintings in wood frames and two prints of the same paintings by Erlene Giffin Norris.

Dates: 1975

Found in: University of Northern Colorado

Paintings, 1975

Series

Identifier: Series 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of two large oil paintings on masonite in wood frames and two prints of the paintings, created by Erlene LeZhan Norris Giffin, a local artist who was inspired by James A. Michener's novel Centennial to "make the West live again." As part of an art show at the University of Northern Colorado's James A. Michener Library to celebrate Colorado's Centennial and the nation's Bicentennial, she exhibited the two oil on masonite...