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1911 Amadjuak, Baffins Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada - 1999 Amadjuak, Baffins Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada. Known for: Inuit Art about Inuit culture, stone carved birds, animals, figures.
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Abraham Etungat RCA (1911–1999). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Abraham Etungat (aka: Inuit disc number* E7-809) was born in Amadjuak settlement on southern Baffin Island and lived in Cape... Read full biography
Abraham Etungat RCA (1911–1999). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Abraham Etungat (aka: Inuit disc number* E7-809) was born in Amadjuak settlement on southern Baffin Island and lived in Cape Dorset* (aka: Kinngait), Baffin Island, Nunavut since the 1950s, when he took up carving. Examples of... Read full biography
Abraham Etungat RCA (1911–1999). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Abraham Etungat (aka: Inuit disc number* E7-809) was born in Amadjuak settlement on southern Baffin Island and lived in Cape Dorset* (aka: Kinngait), Baffin Island, Nunavut since the 1950s, when he took up carving. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of History; and, editions of his monumental bronze 'Bird of... Read full biography
Abraham Etungat RCA (1911–1999). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Abraham Etungat (aka: Inuit disc number* E7-809) was born in Amadjuak settlement on southern Baffin Island and lived in Cape Dorset* (aka: Kinngait), Baffin Island, Nunavut since the 1950s, when he took up carving. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of History; and, editions of his monumental bronze 'Bird of Spring' are located in public spaces in Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary (fiberglass). Etungat was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1978. (1)(2). His primary medium was stone. His most famous subjects were birds, particularly birds... Read full biography
Abraham Etungat RCA (1911–1999). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Abraham Etungat (aka: Inuit disc number* E7-809) was born in Amadjuak settlement on southern Baffin Island and lived in Cape Dorset* (aka: Kinngait), Baffin Island, Nunavut since the 1950s, when he took up carving. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of History; and, editions of his monumental bronze 'Bird of Spring' are located in public spaces in Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary (fiberglass). Etungat was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1978. (1)(2). His primary medium was stone. His most famous subjects were birds, particularly birds with raised wings; his other subjects included bears, arctic animals, mother and child, family groupings, figures, Inuit genre, fish, and un... Read full biography
Abraham Etungat - Artist Info
About Abraham Etungat: Keywords
Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Inuit Art
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Mother and Child
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Added Description
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Artist Colony
- •Cape Dorset, Nunuvat, Canada (Inuit Art)
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Robertson Galleries, Ottawa
- •Waddington Galleries, England and Canada
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
- •Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- •Heard Museum Indian Market
- •In Shadow of the Sun, Inuit Art, Museum of Civilization
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada