Background
Norma Bassett Hall was born in 1889 in Halsey, Oregon to William and Mary Bassett (née Russell).
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She also studied privately with the noted British printmaker Mabel Royds.
Career
She was a woodblock printmaker and often depicted landscapes and outdoor scenes. After leaving Portland, she briefly taught in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before continuing her education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1915-1918. While studying at the Science Applications International Corporation, Norma Bassett met and would later marry Arthur William Hall, a fellow student and artist known today as an etcher and watercolorist.
She lived much of her life in Kansas and New Mexico.
Hall, the only female among the group"s eleven charter members, designed their distinctive logo—a monogram set within a stylized sunflower. In 1944 the couple permanently relocated to New Mexico, living first in Santa Fe, and eventually purchasing an estate near Alcade, New Mexico, from which they operated an art school.
Bassett Hall continued to work and teach from their estate until her death in 1957.
Membership
In 1910, she become a member of the inaugural class of the Museum Art School (now the Pacific Northwest College of Art) in Portland, Oregon.
