Norval Morrisseau was an Anishinaabe Aboriginal Canadian artist.
Best known for his paintings of mythical tableaux, his narrative works
of figures and animals were painted in vibrant, fluorescent colors
featuring thick black outlines akin to stained glass windows or
woodcuts. “These paintings only remind you that you're an Indian. Inside
somewhere, we're all Indians,” the self-taught artist once said. “So
now when I befriend you, I'm trying to get the best Indian, bring out
that Indianness in you to make you think that everything is sacred.”
Born on March 14, 1932, in Beardmore, Ontario, he achieved widespread
national success throughout his artistic career, garnering major
commissions such as a large mural created for Expo 67 in 1967, which
expressed the political dissatisfaction of the First Nations People of
Canada. Morrisseau also regularly exhibited and sold his work in various
Canadian galleries until his death in Toronto on December 4, 2007.
Today, his work can be found in the collections of the Royal Ontario
Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, the Dennos Museum Center, and
the Art Gallery of Windsor, among many others.
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