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ID: 500127338
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500127338

 

Record Type: Person
Ashoona, Pitseolak (Inuit draftsman, printmaker, and sculptor, born between 1904 and 1908-1983)

Note: She was among the first generation of Inuit printmakers, and was the matriarch of a family of artists. She is known for her works on paper that depict both the ordinary lives of the Inuit and their traditions.

Names:
Ashoona, Pitseolak (preferred,V,index)
Pitseolak Ashoona (V,display)
Pitseolak (V,LC)
Pitsolak (V)

Nationalities:
Native American (preferred)
Inuit
Canadian

Roles:
artist (preferred)
draftsman
printmaker
graphic artist
sculptor

Gender: female

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Nottingham Island (Territory of Nunavut, Canada) (island)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
grandparent of ....  Ashoona, Shuvinai  
..........................  (Native American draftsman, born 1961) [500127496]
grandparent of ....  Pootoogook, Annie  
..........................  (Inuit draftsman, 1969-2016) [500372947]
member of ....  Cape Dorset Print Workshop  
................  (Native American printmakers, contemporary) [500126515]
parent of ....  Ashoona, Kiawak  
................  (Inuit carver and sculptor, 1933-2014) [500126357]
parent of ....  Pootoogook, Napachie Ashoona  
................  (Inuit draftsman and painter, born 1938) [500127360]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Ashoona, Pitseolak (I)

Biographies:
(Inuit draftsman, printmaker, and sculptor, born between 1904 and 1908-1983) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Native American artist, born 1904-1983) ..... [BVRL]
(Canadian artist, 1904-1983) ..... [MoMA]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Ashoona, Pitseolak ........ [BVRL-UNM, VP Preferred]
......................................  Bunting Visual Resources Library, University of New Mexico (2000-)
......................................  Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2008-)
......................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Pitseolak ........ [BVRL-UNM Preferred, MoMA Preferred, VP]
.....................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
.....................  Bunting Visual Resources Library, University of New Mexico (2000-)
.....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50011006
Pitseolak Ashoona ........ [VP]
....................................  Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2008-)
Pitsolak ........ [BVRL-UNM]
...................  Bunting Visual Resources Library, University of New Mexico (2000-)

Subject: ........ [BVRL-UNM, Gallery Systems, MoMA, VP]
....................  Bunting Visual Resources Library, University of New Mexico (2000-)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n50011006
....................  Leroux, et al., Inuit Women Artists: Cape Dorset (1994)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n50011006
....................  Matuz, St. James Guide to Native North American Artists (1998)
....................  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art (1978)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Canadian Encyclopedia [online] (2008-)
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