George Tataniq (1910 – 1991). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver, George Tataniq was born in the Kazan River area near the south shore of Baker Lake, Keewatin [now Nunavut] where he... Read full biography
George Tataniq (1910 – 1991). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver, George Tataniq was born in the Kazan River area near the south shore of Baker Lake, Keewatin [now Nunavut] where he lived a traditional Inuit life of hunting and fishing. After treatment for tuberculosis in the early... Read full biography
George Tataniq (1910 – 1991). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver, George Tataniq was born in the Kazan River area near the south shore of Baker Lake, Keewatin [now Nunavut] where he lived a traditional Inuit life of hunting and fishing. After treatment for tuberculosis in the early 1960s, he moved to the town of Baker Lake (aka: Qamani’tuaq), where he took up carving. He lived in Baker Lake for the rest of his life and died there. His works have been exhibited widely and are... Read full biography
George Tataniq (1910 – 1991). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver, George Tataniq was born in the Kazan River area near the south shore of Baker Lake, Keewatin [now Nunavut] where he lived a traditional Inuit life of hunting and fishing. After treatment for tuberculosis in the early 1960s, he moved to the town of Baker Lake (aka: Qamani’tuaq), where he took up carving. He lived in Baker Lake for the rest of his life and died there. His works have been exhibited widely and are highly prized by private and public collectors. Dozens of examples of his carvings are in major Canadian museum collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Museum of History, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, and the National Gallery of Canada.... Read full biography
George Tataniq (1910 – 1991). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver, George Tataniq was born in the Kazan River area near the south shore of Baker Lake, Keewatin [now Nunavut] where he lived a traditional Inuit life of hunting and fishing. After treatment for tuberculosis in the early 1960s, he moved to the town of Baker Lake (aka: Qamani’tuaq), where he took up carving. He lived in Baker Lake for the rest of his life and died there. His works have been exhibited widely and are highly prized by private and public collectors. Dozens of examples of his carvings are in major Canadian museum collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Museum of History, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, and the National Gallery of Canada. (1). His primary medium was stone, frequently accented with antler, bone, ivory or wood. His subjects included figures, Inuit genre (e.g. d... Read full biography
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About George (Tattener) Tataniq: Books
Books & Publications (27)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Field Guide (Remai Modern Museum, Saskatoon)
2017
Burke, Gregory et al
95 pages (color)
Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
2012
Wight, Darlene Coward
256 pages (color)
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck
232 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2007
Crandall, Richard C. and Susan M. Crandall
458 pages
Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland Museum/Gallery Colorado) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Wagonfeld, Dr. Samuel
128 pages (color)
Vision and Form: The Norman Zepp-Judith Varga Collection of Inuit Art (Marion Scott Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Kardosh, Robert
172 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Wight, Darlene Coward
128 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
Keewatin 2000 (Spirit Wrestler Gallery)
2000
Reading, Nigel
62 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Inuit Art: An Introduction
1998
Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel
198 pages (color)
Carved from the Land: The Eskimo Museum Collection (The Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba)
1994
Brandson, Lorraine E.
200 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit-
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario-Selected Works
1990
Withrow, William J., et al
463 pages (color)
The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Wight, Darlene Coward
120 pages
Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel (Burnaby Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Lagasse, Robert
48 pages (color)
Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Zepp, Norman
140 pages (color)
Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1985
Driscoll, Bernadette
134 pages (color)
The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood to Be Full (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Driscoll, Bernadette; George Swinton
128 pages (color)
Inuit Art in the 1970s (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Routledge, Marie
104 pages (color)
The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Zazelenchuk, Stanley
88 pages (color)
A Directory of Eskimo Artists in Sculpture and Prints
1974
Gray, Philip Howard
264 pages
Sculpture of the Eskimo
1972
Swinton, George
255 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (British Museum exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Taylor, William E. Jr., George Swinton and James Houston
493 pages
Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T. (Exhibition catalog of Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, 1964) (Exhibition catalog)
1964
(Winnipeg Art Gallery; Federal Dept. of Transport; Dept. of Northern Affairs; Natural Resources