Daphne Odjig

Daphne Odjig (October 2008)

Daphne Odjig , CM , OBC (born September 11, 1919 in Wikwemikong , † October 1, 2016 in Kelowna ) was a Canadian artist from the First Nations culture . Awards she has received include the Order of Canada and the Governor General's Award for Fiction . Your painting is attributed to the Woodland School Of Art . Odjig was one of the founders of the Indian Group of Seven artists' association .

Life

Odjig was born in the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian reserve on Manitoulin , an island in Lake Huron , as the eldest of four siblings in a family with roots in the Odawa and Potawatomi tribes and in England . Through her father she is descended from the Potawatomi chief Black Partridge . Her parents, Dominic and Joyce Odjig, met in England, where her father was stationed as a soldier. Odjig's first and most important artistic influence was her grandfather Jonas, with whom the family lived. He engraved tombstones for the local parish and later sketched and drew landscapes.

"My grandfather played a great role in my life - he nurtured my creative spirit - he was the first one I ever drew with ... he was my first mentor"

"My grandfather played a big role in my life - he looked after my creative spirit - he was the first I ever painted with [...] he was my first mentor"

- Daphne Odjig

Odjig was also influenced by her mother, who was an embroiderer , and her father, who painted scenes from the First World War and his officers. Odjig about this:

"Art was always a part of our lives"

"Art has always been a part of our life"

- Daphne Odjig.

During the Second World War, Odjig worked in factories in Toronto, where she discovered museums and galleries for herself.

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Odjig moved to Ottawa for an artistic training. She received her further education in Sweden. She brought together Aboriginal pictograms with elements of First Nations art, European techniques and 20th century style. She had her breakthrough in the 1960s when she received critical acclaim for her pen drawings by members of the Cree Indians of northern Manitoba . In 1967 her works were exhibited at Expo 67 .

In some of her works she also devoted herself to erotic topics. This is rather rare in First Nations painting. In 1974 she illustrated the Tales from the Smokehouse, a collection of traditional erotic art written by Herbert T. Schwarz. In the same year she opened the first Canadian gallery exclusively exhibiting First Nations art in Winnipeg .

Odjig became a founding member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Association , along with Alex Janvier and Norval Morrisseau in 1973.

Awards, medals and collections

Some of her works are in public collections, such as those of the Canada Council for the Arts , Canada's National Museum of History and Society in Ottawa, the Tom Thompson Gallery, the McMichael Canadian Collection, the Sequoyah Research Center, and the Cabinet of Israel . She was commissioned to create art at the Expo '70 in Osaka , in the Manitoba Museum and for El Al , the Israeli airline.

Several books have been written about Odjig and three documentaries have been produced. She has received various medals and distinctions, such as the Honorary Doctor of Literature from Laurentian University in 1982, the Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Toronto in 1985, the Order of Canada in 1986, Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada in 1992, and an honorary doctorate for Education from Nipissing University in 1997, and the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 1998. She was selected for the 1989 Royal Canadian Academy of Art . In 2007 Odjig received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. The Canada Post printed three stamps with their images in February 2011. In 2007 she became a member of the Order of British Columbia .

Exhibitions

Odjig has traveled extensively and has exhibited in Canada, the United States , Belgium and Japan . She has had more than 30 solo exhibitions and has been part of over 50 group shows throughout her career.

The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition was an exhibition with her works from over 40 years of her work. The exhibition was organized by the Art Gallery of Sudbury and the National Gallery of Canada . It has been shown at Sudbury, the Kamloops Art Gallery, and the National Gallery of Canada from October 2009 to 2010. The only exhibition venue in the United States was the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico . This retrospective was accompanied by an exhibition catalog written by Bonnie Devine , with additional texts by Robert Houle and Duke Redbird.

Works

with Rosamond M. Vanderburgh and Beth Southcott: A Paintbrush in My Hand. Natural Heritage Books, Toronto 1992, ISBN 0-920474-73-X .
with Bob Boyer, Carol Podedworny and Phillip Gevik: Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig, 1960–2000. Key Porter Books, Toronto 2001, ISBN 1-55263-286-5 .
with Jann LM (FRW) Bailey and Morgan Wood: Daphne Odjig: Four Decades of Prints. ABC Art Books, Montreal 2005, ISBN 1-895497-62-0 .

literature

Beth McLuhan: Daphne Odjig, a retrospective, 1946–1985. Thunder Bay National Exhibition Center, Thunder Bay, Ontario 1985, ISBN 0-920539-02-5 .
Bonnie Devine: The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 2007, ISBN 978-0-88884-840-6 .
Anne Newlands: Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill, Ontario 2007, ISBN 978-1-55407-290-3 .
Herbert T. Schwarz: Tales from the Smokehouse. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton 1974, ISBN 0-88830-122-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Daphne Odjig, CM, LL.D. Governor General of Canada: Honors, Order of Canada. (accessed on February 13, 2014)
^ Daphne Odjig, whose art blended Ojibwa with Picasso and Van Gogh, dies at 97
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Native Online , accessed February 11, 2014.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig 1960–2000. Key Porter Books, 2001, ISBN 1-55263-286-5 .
^ The Life and Work of the Woodland Artists - Interview with Daphne Odjig , 2003.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Herbert T. Schwarz: Tales from the Smokehouse. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton 1974, ISBN 0-88830-122-7 .
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Anne Newlands: Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill, Ontario 2007, ISBN 978-1-55407-290-3 .
^ Art Canada: Daphne Odjig. In: Canada Post: Collecting. February 21, 2011, accessed February 22, 2011.
↑ 2007 Recipient: Daphne Odjig - Penticton. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2011 ; accessed on March 22, 2014 .
^ Staci Golar, Joseph Sanchez: The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition. Institute of American Indian Arts, April 13, 2009 (May 27, 2009)

personal data
SURNAME	Odjig, Daphne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 11, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wikwemikong
DATE OF DEATH	October 1, 2016
Place of death	Kelowna

[1] Daphne Odjig, CM, LL.D. Governor General of Canada: Honors, Order of Canada. (accessed on February 13, 2014)

[2] Daphne Odjig, whose art blended Ojibwa with Picasso and Van Gogh, dies at 97

[native-3] Native Online , accessed February 11, 2014.

[book-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig 1960–2000. Key Porter Books, 2001, ISBN 1-55263-286-5 .

[5] The Life and Work of the Woodland Artists - Interview with Daphne Odjig , 2003.

[smoke-6] Herbert T. Schwarz: Tales from the Smokehouse. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton 1974, ISBN 0-88830-122-7 .

[new-7] A ^b ^c ^d Anne Newlands: Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill, Ontario 2007, ISBN 978-1-55407-290-3 .

[8] Art Canada: Daphne Odjig. In: Canada Post: Collecting. February 21, 2011, accessed February 22, 2011.

[9] 2007 Recipient: Daphne Odjig - Penticton. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2011 ; accessed on March 22, 2014 .

[retro-10] Staci Golar, Joseph Sanchez: The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition. Institute of American Indian Arts, April 13, 2009 (May 27, 2009)