Nalenik Temela
Nalenik Temela (1939–May 7, 2003) was an Inuit sculptor from Kimmirut.[1][2]
Career[]
Temela carved using soapstone and serpentine.[3]
His work is held in several museums worldwide, including the Penn Museum,[4] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[5] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[6] the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa,[7] the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit,[7] the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka,[8] and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.[9]
The North West Company gave Prince Charles and Princess Diana one of Temela's carvings as a wedding gift in 1982.[7]
His work was part of the traveling 2005 exhibition "Masters of the Arctic."[10]
Later life[]
Temela died of cancer at age 64.[7] He was survived by his wife, Itee, and their six children.[7]
References[]
- ^ "KATILVIK - Artist: Nalenik Temela - E7-71". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ Foundation, Inuit Art. "Nalenik Temela | Inuit Art Foundation | Artist Database". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ Loewen, James W. (2019-04-23). Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong. The New Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-62097-485-8.
- ^ "Carving - 2012-25-87 | Collections - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Exchange: Narwhal (Tusk)". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Ours en équilibre - Temela, Nalenik". Collections | MNBAQ. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ a b c d e News, Nunatsiaq (2003-05-17). "Kimmirut carver was a quiet, gentle leader". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ Yanajin33 (2013-12-27), 日本語: 国立民族学博物館（大阪） 石彫像「ホッキョクグマ」（カナダ、イヌイット族、制作者：ナレニク・テメラ、年代：1960年-1980年代制作）, retrieved 2021-01-25
- ^ "Snarling Bear | Agnes Etherington Art Centre". agnes.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "AN ART ODYSSEY". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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