Isa Smiler (1921 – 1986). A prominent Inuit* Canadian sculptor, carver, draftsman, painter, and writer, Isa Smiler (aka: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler) (disc number* E9-706) was born in Inukjuak (then called... Read full biography
Isa Smiler (1921 – 1986). A prominent Inuit* Canadian sculptor, carver, draftsman, painter, and writer, Isa Smiler (aka: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler) (disc number* E9-706) was born in Inukjuak (then called Port Harrison), Quebec (on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay), where he lived most of his life and... Read full biography
Isa Smiler (1921 – 1986). A prominent Inuit* Canadian sculptor, carver, draftsman, painter, and writer, Isa Smiler (aka: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler) (disc number* E9-706) was born in Inukjuak (then called Port Harrison), Quebec (on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay), where he lived most of his life and died. His works have been featured in many important exhibitions and they are in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Montreal Museum of Fine... Read full biography
Isa Smiler (1921 – 1986). A prominent Inuit* Canadian sculptor, carver, draftsman, painter, and writer, Isa Smiler (aka: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler) (disc number* E9-706) was born in Inukjuak (then called Port Harrison), Quebec (on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay), where he lived most of his life and died. His works have been featured in many important exhibitions and they are in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City). His mediums included stone, watercolor, pencil, coloured pencil, felt pen, crayon, wood, thread, canvas, leather, ivory, caribou skin, sinew, and mixed medium assemblages. His subjects... Read full biography
Isa Smiler (1921 – 1986). A prominent Inuit* Canadian sculptor, carver, draftsman, painter, and writer, Isa Smiler (aka: Isa Aqiattusuk Smiler) (disc number* E9-706) was born in Inukjuak (then called Port Harrison), Quebec (on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay), where he lived most of his life and died. His works have been featured in many important exhibitions and they are in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City). His mediums included stone, watercolor, pencil, coloured pencil, felt pen, crayon, wood, thread, canvas, leather, ivory, caribou skin, sinew, and mixed medium assemblages. His subjects included figures, Inuit genre (hunting, fishing, household activities) and Arctic animals. His style was Inuit Art*. He signed his works with hi... Read full biography
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About Isa Smiler: Books
Books & Publications (13)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006
Wight, Darlene Coward
192 pages (color)
Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut
2004
Bennett, John R. and Susan Rowley
473 pages (color)
Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland Museum/Gallery Colorado) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Wagonfeld, Dr. Samuel
128 pages (color)
The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Wight, Darlene Coward
128 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2001
Crandall, Richard C.
464 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Confessions of an Inuit Dweller
1995
Houston, James
320 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages (color)
Northern Voices: Inuit Writing in English
1988
Perone, Penny, Editor
314 pages
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)
1980
Watt, Virginia J., et al
207 pages (color)
The Inuit Artists of Inoucdjouac, P.Q. (Federation of Co-Operatives of New Quebec)
1978
Roberts, A. Barry and David J. Roberts
88 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (British Museum exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Taylor, William E. Jr., George Swinton and James Houston