Eegyvudluk Pootoogook

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Eegyvudluk Pootoogook (1931-2000) was an Inuk printmaker and sculptor. He was married to the artist Napachie Pootoogook.

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Early life and education

He was born in 1931, to graphic artist and carver Joseph (Eegyvudluk) Pootagook (1887–1958) and graphic artist Ningeookaluk (1889–1962). [1] [2] His father was an important hunter and camp leader. [3] [4] His brothers Kananginak, Paulassie, Solomonie, and Pudlat all became artists as well. [1] [2] [4]

Career

Pootoogook was part of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, where he worked alongside Iyola Kingwatsiak and Lukta Qiaqsuq. [5] [6] [7] He was one of Kinngait's eminent printmakers of the 1980s, [5] and sculpted as well. [8] [9] He was known to have tried a variety of printmaking techniques, including linocut, lithography, etching, stonecut, stonecut and stencil, sealskin stencil, stencil, and silkscreen and stencil. [2] His works frequently depicted animals native to Nunavut, including Arctic hares, [10] bears, [11] [12] geese, [13] and muskox. [14] He also created images of sea spirits. [15] [9]

Pootoogook's work is held in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Tate, [16] the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, [17] the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, [18] the Canadian Museum of History, [19] the University of Lethbridge Art Collection [8] the National Gallery of Canada, [20] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art. [9]

Personal life

In the mid-1950s, he married artist Napachie Pootoogook, daughter of Pitseolak Ashoona, in an arranged marriage. They married in Kaiktuuq, Nunavut, then moved to Cape Dorset where they lived for most of their marriage, except for two years spent living in Iqaluit. [21] They had eleven children (many of whom died young) [22] including the artist Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016). [23]

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  2. 1 2 3 "KATILVIK - Artist: Eegyvudluk Pootoogook - E7-865". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  3. ↑ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-63889-4.
  4. 1 2 Lutz, Maija M. (2012-11-12). Hunters, Carvers, and Collectors: The Chauncey C. Nash Collection of Inuit Art. Harvard University Press. pp. xx. ISBN   978-0-87365-407-4.
  5. 1 2 "Canadian Museum of Civilization". www.historymuseum.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Photos of Everyday Life in Sikusiilaq (Called Cape Dorset, For Now)". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  7. ↑ Seesequasis, Paul (2019-10-22). Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun. Knopf Canada. p. 28. ISBN   978-0-7352-7331-3.
  8. 1 2 "Bird – Works – eMuseum". artcollection.uleth.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  9. 1 2 3 "Exchange: Sea Spirit with Fish". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  10. ↑ "ARCTIC HARE by EegyvudlukPootoogook". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  11. ↑ "Cape Dorset by EegyvudlukPootoogook". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  12. ↑ "Large Bear".
  13. ↑ "Exchange: Running Goose". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  14. ↑ "Musk-ox by EegyvudlukPootoogook". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  15. ↑ "Sea spirit by EegyvudlukPootoogook". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  16. ↑ "Eegyvudluk Pootoogook". Archived from the original on 2020-10-29.
  17. ↑ "Father and Son Hunting | Agnes Etherington Art Centre". agnes.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  18. ↑ "Collection Online | Museum of Anthropology at UBC". collection-online.moa.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  19. ↑ "Search the Collections | Canadian Museum of History" . Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  20. ↑ "Eegyvudluk Pootoogook". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  21. ↑ Leroux, Odette; Jackson, Marion E.; Freeman, Minnie Adola, eds. (1994), "Napachie Pootoogook", Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset, Vancouver: Canadian Museum of Civilization, p. 134
  22. ↑ Pootoogook, Napachie (1994), "My Mother's Teachings", in Leroux, Odette; Jackson, Marion E.; Freeman, Minnie Adola (eds.), Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset, Vancouver: Canadian Museum of Civilization, pp. 135–138
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