Paulassie Pootoogook (1927 – 2006). A prominent Inuit Canadian sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, Paulassie Pootoogook (disc number* E7-1176) was born in Igalalik [aka: Andrew Gordon Bay), Nunavut;... Read full biography
Paulassie Pootoogook (1927 – 2006). A prominent Inuit Canadian sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, Paulassie Pootoogook (disc number* E7-1176) was born in Igalalik [aka: Andrew Gordon Bay), Nunavut; which is about 30 miles east of Kinngait [aka: Cape Dorset*] where he lived for most of his life... Read full biography
Paulassie Pootoogook (1927 – 2006). A prominent Inuit Canadian sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, Paulassie Pootoogook (disc number* E7-1176) was born in Igalalik [aka: Andrew Gordon Bay), Nunavut; which is about 30 miles east of Kinngait [aka: Cape Dorset*] where he lived for most of his life and died. His carvings and prints were exhibited widely in Canada, the USA, and Europe and his works are in over a dozen major museums in Canada and the USA. (1) . His primary mediums were stone... Read full biography
Paulassie Pootoogook (1927 – 2006). A prominent Inuit Canadian sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, Paulassie Pootoogook (disc number* E7-1176) was born in Igalalik [aka: Andrew Gordon Bay), Nunavut; which is about 30 miles east of Kinngait [aka: Cape Dorset*] where he lived for most of his life and died. His carvings and prints were exhibited widely in Canada, the USA, and Europe and his works are in over a dozen major museums in Canada and the USA. (1) . His primary mediums were stone carvings and stonecut* prints. His primary subjects were Inuit genre*, religious and cultural figures, Arctic wildlife (e.g. birds, bears, seals, and walrus), and mythological creatures. His styles could be described as Inuit Art* and Surrealism*. He... Read full biography
Paulassie Pootoogook (1927 – 2006). A prominent Inuit Canadian sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, Paulassie Pootoogook (disc number* E7-1176) was born in Igalalik [aka: Andrew Gordon Bay), Nunavut; which is about 30 miles east of Kinngait [aka: Cape Dorset*] where he lived for most of his life and died. His carvings and prints were exhibited widely in Canada, the USA, and Europe and his works are in over a dozen major museums in Canada and the USA. (1) . His primary mediums were stone carvings and stonecut* prints. His primary subjects were Inuit genre*, religious and cultural figures, Arctic wildlife (e.g. birds, bears, seals, and walrus), and mythological creatures. His styles could be described as Inuit Art* and Surrealism*. He usually signed his works in syllabics*. His askART auction record has dozens of excellent photos of his work. His art education was likely... Read full biography
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About Paulassie Pootoogook: Books
Books & Publications (22)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
James Houston and the Making of Inuit Art
2022
Ayre, John
244 pages
Dorset Seen (Carleton University Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2017
Dyck, Sandra and Leslie Boyd
142 pages (color)
An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices in a Land of Vast Horizons
2016
Hallendy, Norman
328 pages (color)
Tukillt: The Stone People Who Lived in The Wind
2012
Hallendy, Norman
128 pages (color)
Hunters, Carvers & Collectors: The Chauncey C. Nash Collection of Inuit Art (The Peabody Museum) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Lutz, Maija M.
148 pages (color)
Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking
2009
Lalonde, Christine and Leslie Boyd Ryan
70 pages (color)
Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking
2008
Lalonde, Christine and Leslie Boyd Ryan
79 pages (color)
The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2008
Wight, Darlene and Zebedee Nungak
136 pages (color)
Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum (Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Hessel, Ingo
240 pages (color)
Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006
Wight, Darlene Coward
192 pages (color)
Cape Dorset Sculpture
2005
Norton, Derek and Nigel Reading
136 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2001
Crandall, Richard C.
464 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
Northern Rock: Contemporary Inuit Stone Sculpture (McMichael Canadian Art Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Giustavision, Susan Joan, et al
192 pages (color)
The Ryan Collection: May 9 to Juine 6: 1998, Feheley Fine Arts
1998
Ryan, Terry
48 pages
Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings (McMichael Canadian Art Collection)
1993
Blodgett, Jean and Susan Gustavison
128 pages
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking
1991
Blodgett, Jean
144 pages (color)
The Heart of the Goddess: Art, Myth and Meditations of the World's Sacred Feminine
1990
Auster, Hallie Iglehart
202 pages (color)
Pudlo: Thirty Years of Drawing (Pudlo National Gallery of Canaa)
1990
Routledge, Marie, Marion Elizabeth Jackson
193 pages
The Art Collection of McMaster University: European, Canadian and American Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Sculpture
1987
Ness, Kim G.
328 pages (color)
Lords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture
1982
Mac Duff, Alistair; George M. Galpin
151 pages (color)
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)