| LC control no. | n 50011006 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pitseolak, -1983 |
| Variant(s) | Ashoona, Pitseolak, -1983 Pitseolak, 1904-1983 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Birth date | [1904,1907,1908] |
| Death date | 1983-05-28 |
| Place of birth | Nunavut Nottingham Island (Nunavut) |
| Place of death | Cape Dorset (Nunavut) |
| Field of activity | Inuit art |
| Affiliation | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Order of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Artists |
| Found in | Pitseolak: pictures out of my life, 1971. Making art work, 1997: p. 14 (Pitseolak Ashoona; b. 1904 on Nottingham Island; d. 1983) Cross-cultural lines of inquiry, 1995: t.p. (Pitseolak Ashoona) p. 105 (Pitseolak; Cape Dorset female Inuit artist; d. May 28, 1983) Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed 6 October 2016: Pitseolak Ashoona (Pitseolak Ashoona, CM; artist; born between 1904 and 1908 on Nottingham Island (Tujajuak), NWT; died 28 May 1983 in Cape Dorset, NWT; among the first generation of Inuit printmakers, known for her lively prints and drawings; born en route from Nunavik in arctic Québec to the south coast of Baffin Island; in 1913, her family joined others in camps in and around the Foxe Peninsula, the same year the Hudson's Bay Company established a post in what would eventually become Cape Dorset; Pitseolak's father Ottochie died during the winter of 1921-1922, and her uncle Kavavow arranged for her to marry, in 1922 or 1923, Ashoona, a respected hunter; moved to Cape Dorset in the early- to mid-1940s after her husband's death; inducted into the Royal Academy of Arts in 1974 and into the Order of Canada in 1977) Wikipedia, viewed 6 October 2016: Pitseolak Ashoona (Pitseolak Ashoona, CM; 1904 or 1907 or 1908-1983; Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious authenticity in her works; born to Timungiak and Oootochie on Nottingham Island; in 1922 or 1923, married Ashoona, a hunter; recognized as one of the first Inuit artists to create autobiographical works; died on May 28, 1983 in Cape Dorset; accepted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1974, awarded the Order of Canada in 1977, featured on a stamp, issued March 8, 1993, in commemoration of International Woman's Day) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, viewed 6 October 2016 (Pitseolak Ashoona, C.M.; Cape Dorset, Nunavut; Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on July 11, 1977, invested on October 26, 1977; Artist of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, who vividly portrays the life of the Inuit people in her highly original prints and drawings which have been widely exhibited in Canada and abroad; deceased on May 28, 1983) Amicus database, 6 October 2016 (authorized access point (0059K4211): Pitseolak, 1904-1983; variant access points: Ashoona, Pitseolak, 1904-1983, Pitseolak Ashoona, 1904-1983) |
| Equivalent(s) | Pitseolak, -1983 |
| National bib agency no. | 0059K4211E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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