Quebec, Northwest Territories / Canada. 1915 - 1982
Inuit art fanciful image pencil drawing, birds, domestic genre
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Born 1942 Cape Dorset, Nunuvut, Canada. Known for: Inuit drawing of nurturing women, birds, mythological figure, graphic art.
Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for... Read full biography
Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for treatment of tuberculosis. She learned English during this time, and recalls the difficulty she experienced... Read full biography
Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for treatment of tuberculosis. She learned English during this time, and recalls the difficulty she experienced in relearning her native language upon her return to Baffin Island in 1957. She is now one of the few of her generation who speak both English and Inuktitut fluently. Pitalossie began drawing in the... Read full biography
Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for treatment of tuberculosis. She learned English during this time, and recalls the difficulty she experienced in relearning her native language upon her return to Baffin Island in 1957. She is now one of the few of her generation who speak both English and Inuktitut fluently. Pitalossie began drawing in the early 1960’s, and quickly established herself as a versatile and intelligent graphic artist. Pitaloosie has treated a wide range of themes and has developed personal styles that range from pure realism to formal/abstract, and that include... Read full biography
Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for treatment of tuberculosis. She learned English during this time, and recalls the difficulty she experienced in relearning her native language upon her return to Baffin Island in 1957. She is now one of the few of her generation who speak both English and Inuktitut fluently. Pitalossie began drawing in the early 1960’s, and quickly established herself as a versatile and intelligent graphic artist. Pitaloosie has treated a wide range of themes and has developed personal styles that range from pure realism to formal/abstract, and that include compositions blending both styles. She tends to stylize and to reduce to the essential, the shape of a single subject.... Read full biography
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Inuit sculpture
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Inuit carving and printmaking
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Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking, drawing
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Inuit sculpture and stone carving, modernist and minimalist
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1940 - 1974
Inuit whalebone sculpture, carving
Quebec / Canada. 1893/99 or 1906 - 1976
Stone folk art sculpture, iconic carving, printing, drawing
Quebec, British Columbia / Canada. 1893 - 1969
Inuit etching, painting, drawing
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Inuit sculpture, carving, whimsical figure, birds, mammals
Quebec / Canada. 1898 - 1954
Inuit sculpture, stone, wood and antler carving, portrait, figure, animal, genre
Northwest Territories, Ontario / Canada. 1916 - 2009
Inuit sculpture
Nunavut, Manitoba, Alberta / Canada. 1934 - 2012
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Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking
Nunavut / Canada. 1923 - 2007
Inuit carving-animals and figures, painting, printmaking, drawing
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1897 - 1993
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, ceramics
Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1933 - 2014
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
British Columbia, Northwest Territories / Canada. Born 1951
Sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Nunavut, Manitoba / Canada. 1949 - 2023
Inuit modernist stone sculpture, carving
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Inuit sculpture and lithography
Nunavut / Canada. 1913 - 1986
Inuit sculpture and marine ivory carving
Quebec, Nunavut / Canada. 1896 - 1967
Inuit sculpture, stone and wood carving
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1949
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
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Inuit theme sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking
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Inuit figure stone sculpture, carver
Nunavut / Canada. 1916 - 1992
Inuit painting and drawing
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Inuit sculpture
Quebec / Canada. 1911 - 2007
Inuit sculpture, carving, figure, animals, symbolism, mythology
Nunavut / Canada. 1917 - 2000
Mixed-media Inuit sculpture and carving, portraits, legends, mammals and birds