Quebec, Nunavut / Canada. 1896 - 1967
Inuit sculpture, stone and wood carving
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1898 Inukjuak, Quebec (formerly Port Harrison) - 1954 Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavat, Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, stone, wood and antler carving, portrait, figure, animal, genre.
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s."... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, and died while walrus hunting near his home in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. His works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, the... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, and died while walrus hunting near his home in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. His works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and at the Smithsonian Institution; they're also in several important private collections and in prominent Canadian museum collections. (2) (3) (4). His mediums were stone, ivory, bone, wood, antler and mixed mediums.... Read full biography
Akeeaktashuk (1898 - 1954) (1). A famous Canadian sculptor, "Akeeaktashuk was one of the first Inuit [Eskimo] carvers James Houston [see AskART] introduced to the world in the early 1950s and 1960s." Akeeaktashuk was born in Inukjuak (AKA: Inoucdjouac, and formerly Port Harrison), Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, and died while walrus hunting near his home in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. His works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and at the Smithsonian Institution; they're also in several important private collections and in prominent Canadian museum collections. (2) (3) (4). His mediums were stone, ivory, bone, wood, antler and mixed mediums. His subjects included, portraits, figures, birds, animals and Inuit genre* (e.g. nomadic life, family activities, hunting, fishing, etc.). Hi... Read full biography
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Hunter and walrus
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Standing Woman with Water Pail and Scoop, c. 1952
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Walking hunter
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Inuit sculpture, carving, whimsical figure, birds, mammals
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Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1897 - 1993
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, ceramics
Nunavut / Canada. 1920 - 1980
Inuit sculpture and stone carving, modernist and minimalist
Nunavut / Canada. 1923 - 2007
Inuit carving-animals and figures, painting, printmaking, drawing
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1916 - 1981
Inuit stone figural sculpture-semi abstraction
Nunavut / Canada. 1959 - 2015
Inuit theme sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking
Manitoba, Nunavut / Canada. 1906 - 1985
Textile wall hanging, drawing, printmaking
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1940 - 1974
Inuit whalebone sculpture, carving
Quebec, Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. Born 1955
Inuit carving and mixed media figure, genre, arctic wildlife and cultural symbolism
Nunavut / Canada. 1909 - 1977
Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking, drawing
Nunavut, Manitoba, Alberta / Canada. 1934 - 2012
Inuit sculpture, stone carving, drawing, head images, mothers, children
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1970
Inuit theme stone sculpture
Quebec / Canada. 1893/99 or 1906 - 1976
Stone folk art sculpture, iconic carving, printing, drawing
Quebec / Canada. 1927 - 1994
Carved stone Inuit sculpture, figures, animals, allegory, mythology, genre
Nunavut / Canada. 1913 - 1986
Inuit sculpture and marine ivory carving
Nunavut, Manitoba / Canada. 1949 - 2023
Inuit modernist stone sculpture, carving
Nunavut / Canada. 1917 - 2000
Mixed-media Inuit sculpture and carving, portraits, legends, mammals and birds
Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1933 - 2014
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1927 - 2013
Colored pencil drawing, stone carving, stain glass
Nunavut / Canada. 1947 - 2015
Inuit sculpture and lithography
Quebec, British Columbia / Canada. 1893 - 1969
Inuit etching, painting, drawing
Quebec / Canada. 1911 - 2007
Inuit sculpture, carving, figure, animals, symbolism, mythology
British Columbia, Northwest Territories / Canada. Born 1951
Sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Quebec / Canada. Born 1941
Inuit sculpture, carving, figure, portrait, animals, shamans, doll heads, nomads
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1942
Inuit drawing of nurturing women, birds, mythological figure, graphic art
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1949
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Nunavut, Northwest Territories / Canada. 1919 - 2000
Inuit bird and animal sculpture
Nunavut / Canada. 1910 - 1991
Inuit figure stone sculpture, carver
Quebec / Canada. 1930 - 1984
Inuit soapstone figure, animal and genre carving, primitive style
Canada. 1931 - 1998
Inuit Art, sculpture carvings of whalebone, marine ivory, stone, antler