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1932 Sandy Point, Reserve, Ontario, Canada - 2007 Toronto, Ontorio, Canada. Known for: Modernist Indian figurative motif painting and drawing.
An Objibwa/Chippewa shaman, Norval Morrisseau was one of the first native Canadians to adopt modernist* styles that conveyed traditional aboriginal imagery. "His style, which became known as... Read full biography
An Objibwa/Chippewa shaman, Norval Morrisseau was one of the first native Canadians to adopt modernist* styles that conveyed traditional aboriginal imagery. "His style, which became known as Woodland* or Legend painting, evoked ancient etching from birch-bark scrolls and often used X-ray like... Read full biography
An Objibwa/Chippewa shaman, Norval Morrisseau was one of the first native Canadians to adopt modernist* styles that conveyed traditional aboriginal imagery. "His style, which became known as Woodland* or Legend painting, evoked ancient etching from birch-bark scrolls and often used X-ray like motifs: skeletal elements and internal organs visible within the forms of animals and people, and black spirit lines emanating from them.". He used saturated, startling colors described by a curator of the... Read full biography
An Objibwa/Chippewa shaman, Norval Morrisseau was one of the first native Canadians to adopt modernist* styles that conveyed traditional aboriginal imagery. "His style, which became known as Woodland* or Legend painting, evoked ancient etching from birch-bark scrolls and often used X-ray like motifs: skeletal elements and internal organs visible within the forms of animals and people, and black spirit lines emanating from them.". He used saturated, startling colors described by a curator of the National Gallery of Canada as appearing "to vibrate under the viewer's gaze." In 2006, the Gallery sponsored a retrospective of Morrisseau's work. From there, the exhibition moved for a year to the George Gustav Heye Center at the Smithsonian... Read full biography
An Objibwa/Chippewa shaman, Norval Morrisseau was one of the first native Canadians to adopt modernist* styles that conveyed traditional aboriginal imagery. "His style, which became known as Woodland* or Legend painting, evoked ancient etching from birch-bark scrolls and often used X-ray like motifs: skeletal elements and internal organs visible within the forms of animals and people, and black spirit lines emanating from them.". He used saturated, startling colors described by a curator of the National Gallery of Canada as appearing "to vibrate under the viewer's gaze." In 2006, the Gallery sponsored a retrospective of Morrisseau's work. From there, the exhibition moved for a year to the George Gustav Heye Center at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. A 2001 exhibit in New York City at the Drawing Center featured Morriss... Read full biography
Norval (Copper Thunderbird) Morrisseau - Artist Info
About Norval (Copper Thunderbird) Morrisseau: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsMarianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
8888 University Drive West
Burnaby, BC BC V5A 1S6
CanadaSouthern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601Thunder Bay Art Gallery
1080 Keewatin
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 0A6
Canada