Quvianatuliak Parr (1930 – 1998). A prominent printmaker, draftsman and sculptor, and a member of family of important Canadian Inuit artists, Quvianatuliak Parr (aka: Kovinatilliak Parr; aka:... Read full biography
Quvianatuliak Parr (1930 – 1998). A prominent printmaker, draftsman and sculptor, and a member of family of important Canadian Inuit artists, Quvianatuliak Parr (aka: Kovinatilliak Parr; aka: Kovinatilliah Parr; aka: Kovinaktilliak Parr; aka: disc number* E71024) was born on southern Baffin Island,... Read full biography
Quvianatuliak Parr (1930 – 1998). A prominent printmaker, draftsman and sculptor, and a member of family of important Canadian Inuit artists, Quvianatuliak Parr (aka: Kovinatilliak Parr; aka: Kovinatilliah Parr; aka: Kovinaktilliak Parr; aka: disc number* E71024) was born on southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and lived most of his life in or near Cape Dorset, Nunavut. His works have been included in major exhibitions of Inuit art and are in the permanent collections of several museums.... Read full biography
Quvianatuliak Parr (1930 – 1998). A prominent printmaker, draftsman and sculptor, and a member of family of important Canadian Inuit artists, Quvianatuliak Parr (aka: Kovinatilliak Parr; aka: Kovinatilliah Parr; aka: Kovinaktilliak Parr; aka: disc number* E71024) was born on southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and lived most of his life in or near Cape Dorset, Nunavut. His works have been included in major exhibitions of Inuit art and are in the permanent collections of several museums. (1)(2)(3). His mediums included engraving, stonecut* print, serigraph and stone. His subjects included figures, Arctic animals, and Inuit genre (e.g. hunting, fishing, camping, mother and child, etc.). His style is Inuit Art*. (4). Our sources don’t... Read full biography
Quvianatuliak Parr (1930 – 1998). A prominent printmaker, draftsman and sculptor, and a member of family of important Canadian Inuit artists, Quvianatuliak Parr (aka: Kovinatilliak Parr; aka: Kovinatilliah Parr; aka: Kovinaktilliak Parr; aka: disc number* E71024) was born on southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and lived most of his life in or near Cape Dorset, Nunavut. His works have been included in major exhibitions of Inuit art and are in the permanent collections of several museums. (1)(2)(3). His mediums included engraving, stonecut* print, serigraph and stone. His subjects included figures, Arctic animals, and Inuit genre (e.g. hunting, fishing, camping, mother and child, etc.). His style is Inuit Art*. (4). Our sources don’t discuss his art education; however he had two artist parents and lived in Canada’s most famous artist’s colony – Cape Dorset. Cons... Read full biography
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About Quvianatuliak Parr: Books
Books & Publications (8)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2001
Crandall, Richard C.
464 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
Biographies of Inuit Artists: Four Volumes
1993
Editor, Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs
0 pages
Agnes Etherington Art Centre: Exhibitions in Review, 1987-1988 (Agnes Etherinton Art Centre)
1988
Bell, Michael et al
122 pages
Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Blodgett, Jean
271 pages (color)
Lords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture
1982
Mac Duff, Alistair; George M. Galpin
151 pages (color)
The Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit Print Collection (Beaverbrook Art Gallery)
1981
Hachey, Paul A., Linda Hansen and Ian Lumsden
47 pages
Arts of the Eskimo: Prints
1975
Roch, Ernst (Editor); Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler, Texts