Monday, April 7, 2008

Tom Hill about Norval Morrisseau

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"He is one of the greatest painters Canada has ever produced. One day we were looking at the Group of Seven and he commented 'They paint trees, I paint loons and they connect to the sky'".
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Tom Hill
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Note: Mr. Hill is a Seneca from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario, is Museum Director at the Woodland Indian Cultural Educational Centre in Brantford. An artist and graduate of the Ontario College of Art, he worked for eight years for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in Ottawa, primarily as Head of the Cultural Secretariat. Beginning in 1978 he was with the Toronto Office of the Secretary of State, responsible for the Native Citizens' Program, and with the Multicultural Directorate, responsible for the visual and performing arts. He has written many articles on Native art and has organized Indian art exhibitions for travel to Brazil, Europe, and Japan.
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* Detailed information about the painting in this posting unknown: "Growing", © 1973 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok - you did not post my posting from yesterday so I presume you did not like some content of my comment regarding the painting attached this entry.

Simple quesiton - is Tom Hill and Greg Hill(member of NMHS) the same person?

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Spirit Walker said...

Tom Hill and Greg Hill is not the same person.

Anonymous said...

Then is your note correct? You say that Tom Hill is a committee member of the NMHS. It is Greg Hill that is the committee member.

Spirit Walker said...

Thank you for correcting me: Tom Hill is not a committee member of the NMHS - Greg Hill is.

Spirit Walker said...

3-0, due to the fact that I am a Blog Master and that I am the only one working on this Blog - every detail and proper presentation takes time. It seems to me that all of you have not much choice than to wait for my detailed explanations.

At the moment nobody on Mother Earth is authorized to authenticate Norval Morrisseau’s works and do not expect from me to do that so soon. I can only educate readers of this Blog what to look for when buying Norval Morrisseau art... unfortunately there are individuals that would like to discredit authentic pieces of Norval Morrisseau particularly from the 1970s for their personal financial goals. It is a shame that these people do not have any respect for the Legacy of Norval Morrissaeu and they only have their personal agenda based on greed. I am not in any ways associated with any commercial galleries that sell Norval Morrisseau art and if someone is willing to assist me to spread the “Gospel of Norval Morrisseau” to the World they are all welcome to join me.

Is there anyone else who would like to contribute? If not, just wait for me for the presentation in my own "timely" terms.

Is anybody there who can challenge/assist me with other means than just using words? Images... I want images to be presented to me? :-)

Meegwetch.

Note: For all of those that are constantly putting down images that Norval Morrisseau painted in the 1970s of the style that many of the paintings presented in this Blog represent know that Norval Morrisseau was a such genius and did not paint only a certain style in any period of his career. He painted many styles at any given moments. Just stay tuned to this Blog and allow me the time to prepare material for proper presentation… patience my friends… patience… as Norval Morrisseau said himself: "Patience is virtue to those who can wait."

Also, do not be surprised if your comment is not posted if you use disrespectful worlds towards legitimate artworks of Norval Morrisseau. If you would like me to prove that certain piece of art is authentic why don't you prove to me and others that certain piece of Norval Morrisseau is not authentic? So far nobody from the readers proved anything towards finding the answers on so-called "controversial issues" which in my opinion are not controversial at all.

Anonymous said...

Eric asks

if no one can authenticate, I have to ask you.... how can you be sure all of your works are authentic?

thanks
Eric

Anonymous said...

SW - to be honest with you I do not really care for your detailed presentation because I am not sure it is going to make any difference. I am not being condescending towards you but I am not sure if the silence can or will be broken to bring forward the truth - which may not be what you want. Because of this, original or not original, I would not purchase one of these questionable Morrisseaus. The fact is that a genuine Morrisseau has certian characteristics to it that be tracked in published documents/pictures and they have proper provenance. None of the questionable paintings have either of these.

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