Henry Napartuk (1932 – 1985). “… only Henry Napartuk would see such a thing and make it.” (1). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor, carver, and printmaker, Henry Napartuk (disc number* E9-1652) was... Read full biography
Henry Napartuk (1932 – 1985). “… only Henry Napartuk would see such a thing and make it.” (1). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor, carver, and printmaker, Henry Napartuk (disc number* E9-1652) was born in Kuujjuarapik, Nunavik, Quebec (on the east coast of Hudson Bay) and appears to have lived... Read full biography
Henry Napartuk (1932 – 1985). “… only Henry Napartuk would see such a thing and make it.” (1). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor, carver, and printmaker, Henry Napartuk (disc number* E9-1652) was born in Kuujjuarapik, Nunavik, Quebec (on the east coast of Hudson Bay) and appears to have lived his entire life there and died there. His works have been featured in numerous Canadian and international exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian... Read full biography
Henry Napartuk (1932 – 1985). “… only Henry Napartuk would see such a thing and make it.” (1). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor, carver, and printmaker, Henry Napartuk (disc number* E9-1652) was born in Kuujjuarapik, Nunavik, Quebec (on the east coast of Hudson Bay) and appears to have lived his entire life there and died there. His works have been featured in numerous Canadian and international exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic,”* which showed at the British Museum and elsewhere. His works are in the permanent collections of many major museums such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum of History (National Capital Region), and the National Museum of the... Read full biography
Henry Napartuk (1932 – 1985). “… only Henry Napartuk would see such a thing and make it.” (1). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor, carver, and printmaker, Henry Napartuk (disc number* E9-1652) was born in Kuujjuarapik, Nunavik, Quebec (on the east coast of Hudson Bay) and appears to have lived his entire life there and died there. His works have been featured in numerous Canadian and international exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic,”* which showed at the British Museum and elsewhere. His works are in the permanent collections of many major museums such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum of History (National Capital Region), and the National Museum of the American Indian – Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.). (2). His mediums included stone, whalebone, antler, pencil, stonecut* prin... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (25)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2008
Wight, Darlene and Zebedee Nungak
136 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2007
Crandall, Richard C. and Susan M. Crandall
458 pages
Canadian Aboriginal Art at the Senate
2006
Senate of Canada, Ottawa
6 pages (color)
Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006
Wight, Darlene Coward
192 pages (color)
The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History In and Beyond the Arctic
2005
Augur, Emily Elisabeth
295 pages
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
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend (Royal Ontario Museum)
1998
MacDonald, John
333 pages (color)
A Transcultural Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art
1993
Longernecker, Martlha
1,999 pages (color)
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Seidelman, Harold; James Turner
224 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages (color)
The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art (The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Swinton, Nelda
102 pages (color)
Things Made by Inuit
1980
Myers, Marybelle et all
207 pages (color)
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)
1980
Watt, Virginia J., et al
207 pages (color)
The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Zazelenchuk, Stanley
88 pages (color)
The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1976
Blodgett, Jean
28 pages
Canadian Artists in Exhibition (Two Volumes)
1974
Editor, Roundstone Council for the Arts
543 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
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