Tony Hunt (artist)

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Tony Hunt (born August 24, 1942 in Alert Bay , British Columbia , † December 15, 2017 in Kelowna , British Columbia) was a Canadian artist who came from the Kwakwaka'wakw and was known for his carved totem poles .

Tony Hunt's coat of arms stake in Bonn's Rheinaue (1979)
Totem pole by Tony Hunt (1987), copy of an older heraldic pole by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Charlie James

Hunt was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1942 and trained in carving from an early age by his grandfather Mungo Martin . After Martin's death in 1962, he became the assistant to his father, Henry Hunt , who made elaborate carvings in Thunderbird Park in Victoria . His two brothers Stanley Hunt and Richard Hunt are also artists.

In 1970 he opened the Arts of the Raven Gallery in Victoria.

In 1979 he carved a six and a half meter tall totem pole in Bonn for the Federal Garden Show in what was then the federal capital , where visitors could watch him at work. He had specially cut an approximately 100-year-old Pacific Red Cedar (botanical name "Thuja plicata", giant tree of life ) in British Columbia and had it transported to the Rhine, as the wood is easy to work with, is very durable and traditionally used for totem poles was taken. The totem pole, carved on site in four months, was a gift from the Canadian government for the Federal Garden Show in Bonn's Rheinaue .

In 2010 Tony Hunt was awarded the Order of British Columbia for his services .

literature

  • Ross Hunt: The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show. In: Anthropology News 48, 2007, no. 2, ZDB -ID 1500987-7 , pp. 20-21.
  • Peter L. Macnair, Alan L. Hoover, Kevin Neary: The Legacy. Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Douglas & McIntyre et al. a., Vancouver et al. a. 1984, ISBN 0-88894-418-7 .

Web links

Commons : Tony Hunt (artist)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia , accessed December 21, 2017
  2. ^ Obituary , accessed December 21, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Hunt, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Alert Bay , British Columbia
DATE OF DEATH 15th December 2017
Place of death Kelowna , British Columbia