Saturday 4 October 2014
Norval Morrisseau (Copper Thunderbird) RCA, Canadian 1931-2007- "Great Earth Mother";...
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Norval Morrisseau (Copper Thunderbird) RCA, Canadian 1931-2007- "Great Earth Mother"; screenprint in colours, signed within the plate, 74x58cm
Note: Raised on the Sand Point Reserve near Lake Nipigon in Northern Ontario, Norval Morrissueau is a Member of the Order of Canada. He was acknowledged as Grand Shaman of the Ojibwa in 1986 and, in 1995, the Assembly of First Nations bestowed on him their highest honour, the presentation of an eagle feather. In 1989, Morrisseau, whom the French press dubbed "Picasso of the North," was the only painter from Canada invited to exhibit at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris as part of the French Revolution Bicentennial celebrations. In addition, Norval Morrisseau is one of the first artists to be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada.
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