Eegyvudluk Pootoogook Explained

Birth Date:1931
Spouse:Napachie Pootoogook

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

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.

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, 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. 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 the National Gallery of Canada,[20] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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. They had eleven children (many of whom died young) including the artist Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016).[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brooklyn Museum. 2021-03-12. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
  2. Web site: KATILVIK - Artist: Eegyvudluk Pootoogook - E7-865. 2021-03-12. www.katilvik.com.
  3. Book: Heller. Jules. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Heller. Nancy G.. 2013-12-19. Routledge. 978-1-135-63889-4. en.
  4. Book: Lutz, Maija M.. Hunters, Carvers, and Collectors: The Chauncey C. Nash Collection of Inuit Art. 2012-11-12. Harvard University Press. 978-0-87365-407-4. xx. en.
  5. Web site: Canadian Museum of Civilization. 2021-03-12. www.historymuseum.ca. en.
  6. Web site: Photos of Everyday Life in Sikusiilaq (Called Cape Dorset, For Now). 2021-03-12. www.vice.com. en.
  7. Book: Seesequasis, Paul. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun. 2019-10-22. Knopf Canada. 978-0-7352-7331-3. 28. en.
  8. Web site: Bird – Works – eMuseum. 2021-03-12. artcollection.uleth.ca.
  9. Web site: Exchange: Sea Spirit with Fish. 2021-03-12. exchange.umma.umich.edu.
  10. Web site: ARCTIC HARE by EegyvudlukPootoogook. 2021-03-12. www.artnet.com.
  11. Web site: Cape Dorset by EegyvudlukPootoogook. 2021-03-12. www.artnet.com.
  12. Web site: Large Bear.
  13. Web site: Exchange: Running Goose. 2021-03-12. exchange.umma.umich.edu.
  14. Web site: Musk-ox by EegyvudlukPootoogook. 2021-03-12. www.artnet.com.
  15. Web site: Sea spirit by EegyvudlukPootoogook. 2021-03-12. www.artnet.com.
  16. Web site: Eegyvudluk Pootoogook. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029083301/https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/eegyvudluk-pootoogook-29681 . 2020-10-29 .
  17. Web site: Father and Son Hunting Agnes Etherington Art Centre. 2021-03-12. agnes.queensu.ca.
  18. Web site: Collection Online Museum of Anthropology at UBC. 2021-03-12. collection-online.moa.ubc.ca.
  19. Web site: Search the Collections Canadian Museum of History. 2021-03-12. en-US.
  20. Web site: Eegyvudluk Pootoogook. 2021-03-12. www.gallery.ca. en.
  21. Web site: Long Biography & Citations. 2021-03-12. Inuit Art Foundation. en.

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