Background
Macgilvary, Norwood was born on November 14, 1874 in of America parents at Bangkok, Siam. Son of Review Daniel (Doctor of Divinity) and Sophia (Bradley) MacG.
Macgilvary, Norwood was born on November 14, 1874 in of America parents at Bangkok, Siam. Son of Review Daniel (Doctor of Divinity) and Sophia (Bradley) MacG.
Brother of Evander Bradley McGilvary. Bachelor of Arts, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1896. University of California, 1896-1897, Mark Hopkins Institute, San Francisco, 1897-1898.
Pupil of Jean Paul Laurens, Academie Julian, Paris, 1904-1906, also of Myron Barlow, Etaples, France.
Studied in galleries of Holland and Italy.
Figure and landscape painter. Formerly Illustrator for magazines Associate professor painting, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, since 1921.
Exhibited Salon, Paris.
National Academy Design, New New York Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
Kansas City Museum, et cetera Represented in permanent collections National Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia, by “Twilight After Rain.” Silver medal, for “Nocturne,” San Francisco Exposition, 1915. 1st prize, Associated Artists, Pittsburgh.
Member American Water Color Society, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (president 1944). Rehoboth Art League, Pittsburgh Art Commission (secretary), American Association University Professors, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Salmagundi (New York).
Married Adeline Kaji, 1918. Children: Winifred Sophia, Daniel Bradley.