Reviews

1945

War, Peace and Some Symbolism
Mortimer Brandt Gallery | New York City
New York Times | Howard Devree
Sunday, November 18, 1945

Art Show by Norman Daly
Willard Straight Hall Gallery | Cornell University
Cornell Bulletin – Spring 1945

Watercolors by Norman Daly
Willard Straight Hall Gallery | Cornell University
The Ithaca Journal “Art” Column | Doris Sanford
March 28, 1945

Paintings by Norman Daly
Willard Straight Hall Gallery | Cornell University
The Ithaca Journal “Art” Column | John Hartell
April 4, 1945

1946

Festival of Contemporary Arts at Cornell
Group show co-curated by Norman Daly
Willard Straight Hall Gallery | Cornell University
The Ithaca Journal “Art” Column | Robert Lang
May 29, 1946

1947

American Indian Themes
Durand-Ruel Gallery | One-man show | New York City
Art Digest | October 15, 1947 | Judith Kaye Reed

Paintings by Norman Daly
Durand-Ruel Galleries | One-man show | New York City
New Yorker Magazine | Robert Coates | Fall 1947

Bertha Schaefer Gallery | Group Show
6 Modern American Painters

1950

American Art in New York
Bertha Schaefer Gallery | New York City
Norman Daly (One-man show)
Feb 13 – March 4, 1950
New York Times | February 19, 1950 | Dorothy Adlow

Pattern
Bertha Schaefer Gallery | New York City
Norman Daly (One-man show)
Feb 13 – March 4, 1950
New York Times | March 3, 1950

Intense Reality Keynote of Sculpture by Marini
Bertha Schaefer Gallery | New York City
Norman Daly (One-man show)
Feb 13 – March 4, 1950
New York Herald Tribune | Carlyle Burrows | February 19, 1950

1960

Artist Plans Demonstration
Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Museum | Utica, NY
Ithaca Journal-(Date unknown)

1963

Cornell Artist Receives Jurors’ Award
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition | Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | May 4, 1963

His Art Looks Staid to Him
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | Elizabeth Greacen | 1963

1965

Exhibit Includes Ithacan’s Work
“In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art” Exhibition | Rochester Memorial Art Gallery
Ithaca Journal | Fri, Feb 5, 1965

Found Objects Unearthed
(Photo essay)
Ithaca Journal – 1965

Daly’s Art On Exhibit At Museum
A.D. White Museum of Art | Cornell University
Ithaca Journal | Saturday, April 10, 1965

Sculpture Dedicated
Cortland College (SUNY Cortland)
“Zodiac Signs”  | Meditation Room | Neubig Hall
Cortland Post Standard | Cortland, NY
May 19, 1965
News story | Inaugural schedule

April-May Exhibition of Sculpture by Norman Daly
A.D. White Museum | Cornell University
Cornell Alumni News Magazine – June 1965 (p. 16-17)

Junk Sculpture Catches On
Syracuse Herald-American | December 26, 1965
Bob Blakely

1970

Summer Show, White Museum
A.D. White Museum of Art | Cornell University
Ithaca Journal | Jack Sherman | July 23, 1970

1972-1984

Press coverage during this period primarily focused on the Civilization of Llhuros exhibitions

1987-1997

The Essence of Life is Change
Ithaca Journal “Sid’s Folks” column
Sid Mesibov | March 6, 1987

Showing Off Their Art: Cornell Art Faculty Exhibition, 1997
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
The Cornell Chronicle | Winter 1997

2004

This Herbert F. Johnson Museum retrospective exhibition at Cornell University featured a large group of Daly’s Llhuroscian objects along with paintings and sculpture from the late 1940s through 1965.

Fake Societies and Real Rembrandts
The Cornell Daily Sun | Red Letter Daze Magazine | February 24, 2004

Museum’s Daly Show Features Artifacts from Imaginary Civilization
Cornell Chronicle | Winter 2004

2022

Fictional Civilization Leaves Behind Lasting Legacy
Cornell Chronicle | David Nutt
December 7, 2022

Last update: 25 December 2022