Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk
Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk (1898–1954) (also known as Akeeaktashuk)[1][2] was an Inuit artist.[3]
Early life[]
He was born in the Inukjuak area of Quebec.[4]
Art career[]
In 1953, he was a featured artist in an exhibition at London's Gimpel Fils gallery.[5]
His work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[6] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[7] and the Avataq Cultural Institute collection of Inuit art.[8] Many of his sculptures depict hunters.[9][4][10]
Later life[]
Frederica Knight described him as a "friendly, outgoing man, who was fairly unsuccessful as a hunter and trapper, but whose immense talent as a stone carver was immediately recognized."[10] The 1999 book The Canadian Encyclopedia describes him as "a jolly, robust, and outgoing man with an astonishing talent for observing and keenly portraying humans, animals, and birds in stone and ivory."[11]
He was married and had children.[11] He died in the Craig Harbour area of the Northwest Territories, perhaps of a hunting accident, in 1954.[4][10][11]
References[]
- ^ "Inukjuak Art History". www.communitystories.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ "Inuit Art Auction | Tuesday, Nov. 19". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ inuitartzone.com. "Carving Stones". inuitartzone.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ a b c "Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ Harney, Elizabeth; Phillips, Ruth B. (2018-11-01). Mapping Modernisms: Art, Indigeneity, Colonialism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7261-5.
- ^ "Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk".
- ^ "Pêcheur - Akeeaktashuk, Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk | Collections | MNBAQ".
- ^ "- Artifacts - Art and ethnography - Collections - Avataq".
- ^ "Exchange|Search: artist:"Akeeaktashuk"". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ a b c "Nunavik Art Alive - Artist Profiles - Akeeaktashuk". art.avataq.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ a b c Marsh, James H. (1999). The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7710-2099-5.
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- 1898 births
- 1954 deaths
- Inuit sculptors
- Sculptors from Quebec
- 20th-century Canadian sculptors
- People from Nord-du-Québec
- Inuit from Quebec
- Canadian male sculptors
- Canadian artist stubs