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1917 Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada - 2000 Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Known for: Mixed-media Inuit sculpture and carving, portraits, legends, mammals and birds.
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His carvings have been included in a number of landmark exhibitions and his works are in several Canadian museum collections. His sculpture Mother and Child was given to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His carvings have been included in a number of landmark exhibitions and his works are in several Canadian museum collections. His sculpture Mother and Child was given to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on the occasion of her November 1951 visit to Canada. It was one of the first times a work of Inuit art was presented as an official gift by Canada. (1)(2). Shaqu's mediums included stone, marine ivory, bone, antler, and mixed mediums. His subjects... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His carvings have been included in a number of landmark exhibitions and his works are in several Canadian museum collections. His sculpture Mother and Child was given to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on the occasion of her November 1951 visit to Canada. It was one of the first times a work of Inuit art was presented as an official gift by Canada. (1)(2). Shaqu's mediums included stone, marine ivory, bone, antler, and mixed mediums. His subjects included portrait heads, figures, family groups, legends, mythology, and arctic mammals and birds. His styles were Realism* and Inuit A... Read full biography
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About Mannumi Shaqu: Books
Books & Publications (11)
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Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006Wight, Darlene Coward192 pages (color)Inuit Art: A History
2000Crandall, Richard C.420 pagesCelebrating Inuit Art: 1948-1970 (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1999
(Exhibition catalog)Von Finckenstein, Maria191 pages (color)Biographies of Inuit Artists: Four Volumes
1993Editor, Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs0 pagesThe Art Collection of McMaster University: European, Canadian and American Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Sculpture
1987Ness, Kim G.328 pages (color)Lords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture
1982Mac Duff, Alistair; George M. Galpin151 pages (color)Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)
1980Watt, Virginia J., et al207 pages (color)The Eskimo and His Art
1975Ritchie, Carson I.A.80 pagesSculpture of the Eskimo
1972Swinton, George255 pages (color)Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (British Museum exhibition)
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Taylor, William E. Jr., George Swinton and James Houston493 pages