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December 05, 2007
farewell, shaman
Norval Morrisseau, one of Canada's greatest painters, has died.
The land (landrights), 1976
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Ottawa, Ontario
Cycles, 1985
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
If you're in New York this winter you can see some of the National Gallery of Canada's collection of Norval Morrisseau paintings at the National Museum of the American Indian (until January 20, 2008).
landrights image borrowed from bockleygallery.com
cycles image borrowed from coghlanart.com
Posted by jodi at December 5, 2007 08:16 AM | categories: art stuff
Comments
I was fortunate to see Morrisseau's work while in Ottawa last year. Very impressive. Especially to see how he produced his art no matter the materials he had access to (like the plywood board he painted on).
Posted by: Robin at December 5, 2007 06:59 PM
Awe, I love his art. We have several prints hanging on the walls. I wish I could have afforded the real deal, but am happy with what I have.
Posted by: Monika at December 5, 2007 10:10 PM
I don't know if I've ever seen his work before. It's amazing! I wish I had known about him before he died.
Posted by: Jessie Mae at December 6, 2007 11:40 AM
Poor Norval had a pretty rough life, if I remember correctly. An art gallery I worked in once had one of his works brought in, it was over 7 feet high, the colours were incredibly vivid and there were strange little bits of what seemed to be rice crispies under some of the paint -probably not rice crispies though...
Posted by: Jackie at December 6, 2007 07:24 PM