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Norval Morrisseau CM RCA (March 14, 1932 – December 4, 2007), [1] also known as Copper Thunderbird, was an Indigenous Canadian artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation. He is widely regarded as the grandfather of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. [2] Known as the " Picasso of the North," Morrisseau created works ...
Norval Morrisseau, Artist and Shaman between Two Worlds, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 175 x 282 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Woodlands style, also called the Woodlands school, Legend painting, Medicine painting, [1] and Anishnabe painting, is a genre of painting among First Nations and Native American artists from the Great Lakes area, including northern Ontario and southwestern Manitoba.
The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York City. [ 1 ] The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The center features contemporary and historical exhibits of art and ...
Selwyn Hanington Dewdney was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on October 22, 1909, and was the son of Alfred Daniel Dewdney, who was the Bishop of Keewatin between 1921-1938 of the diocese of Keewatin. [1] His family moved to Kenora, Ontario, in 1924 and he received his secondary education there.
Blake Debassige was a Native Canadian artist of the M'Chigeeng First Nation, [1] born at West Bay on Manitoulin Island in Ontario on June 22, 1956, passed June 13, 2022. [2] A leading member of the "second generation" of Ojibwa artists influenced by Norval Morrisseau, Debassige has broadened the stylistic and thematic range of this group.
Jackson Beardy (July 24, 1944 – December 7, 1984) was an Indigenous Oji-Cree Anishinaabe artist born in Canada. His works are characterized by scenes from Ojibwe and Cree oral history and many focus on the relationship between humans and nature. [2] He belonged to the Woodland School of Art and was a prominent member of the Indian Group of Seven.
Ojibwe religion. Ojibwe religion is the traditional Native American religion of the Ojibwe people. It is practiced primarily in north-eastern North America, within Ojibwe communities in Canada and the United States. The tradition has no formal leadership or organizational structure and displays much internal variation.
Known for. Painter. Movement. Woodlands style. Roy Thomas (1949–2004) was one of the most influential 20th-century Anishinaabe painters in Canada, and was famous for paintings of colourful totemic animals. Like Norval Morrisseau, he became well known when Indigenous art gained mainstream popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s.