Napachie Pootoogook
Napachie Pootoogook (June 26, 1938 – December 18, 2002) was a Canadian Inuit graphic artist who produced an important and unique body of work over her career.[1][2]
The daughter of Pitseolak Ashoona, she was born in the Sarruq Island camp near south Baffin Island. Her father Ashoona died while she was still young. She was encouraged to draw by her mother, developing her own unique style and viewpoint.[3]
Although she originally did not wish to marry because of the difficulties that she saw in her parents' marriage, Pootoogook later married Eegyvudluk Pootoogook, an Inuit printmaker and carver, in an arranged marriage. The couple moved to Cape Dorset when she was in her early twenties. She contributed to the annual print collections produced there and also produced over 5000 original drawings.[3]
Her art documents traditional Inuit life and culture, as well as the changes brought on by the introduction of Christianity and other outside influences.[3] Near the end of her life, her work portrayed local events and stories about people from the Cape Dorset area.[2]
Pootoogook died at Cape Dorset at the age of 64.[1]
Her work is included in the collections of the Inuit Art Centre of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada,[4] as well as private and public collections in Canada and the United States.[2]
Her daughter Annie Pootoogook was an important contemporary Inuit artist.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Napachie Pootoogook". National Gallery of Canada.
- 1 2 3 "Napachie Pootoogook". Canada House Gallery.
- 1 2 3 ""Mannaruluujujuq" (Not So Long Ago): The Memories of Napachie Pootoogook" (PDF). Inuit Art Quarterly. 20 (3): 9–16. Fall 2005.
- ↑ "Napachie Pootoogook". willock and sax gallery.
- ↑ "Annie Pootoogook". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
External links
- "Napachie Pootoogook". Spirit Wrestler Gallery.