Legends: Norval Morrisseau and Woodland Artists

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~ The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
    Kleinburg, Ontario CANADA
    /August 27th 2011 - April 8th, 2012/

"Spirit Fish", 24"x30", © 1975 Carl Ray Estate
~ McMichael Canadian Art Collection ~ 
/Click on image to Enlarge/

Kleinburg, Ontario: A new exhibition, drawn from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, opened at the gallery on August 27th and will run until April 8th, 2012. The exhibition, which looks at how the works of the late Norval Morrisseau has influenced Canadian Woodland Artists. The exhibition is curated by Mr. Chris Finn of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau is celebrated for establishing a style of art known as the Woodland School. The intuitive use of bright, pure colour shapes contained within black form lines is a deliberate attempt by the artist to communicate cultural beliefs and values to the viewer using colour. Other Anishinaabe artists are similarly motivated through their creation of unique and significant art forms.

For more information about this exibition at Kleinburg, Ontario visit: http://www.mcmichael.com/exhibitions/legends/current.cfm

NOTE: In 1955, Robert McMichael and his wife Signe began collecting Canadian paintings by the Group of Seven and other Canadian artists. The couple established the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario which now contains some 6,000 Canadian works.


>>> Reference posts:

- Carl Ray's Masterful Lines (Part I),
- Carl Ray's Masterful Lines (Part II),
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part I) /Carl Ray/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part II) /Daphne Odjig/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part III) /Benjamin Chee Chee/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part IV) /Jackson Beardy/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part V) /Joshim Kakegamic/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part VI) /Roy Thomas/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part VII) /Arthur Shilling/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part VIII) /Alex Janvier/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part IX) /Eddy Cobiness/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part X) /Martin Panamick/
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XI) /James A. Simon - MISHIBINIJIMA/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XII) /Carl Beam/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XIII) /Norman Knott/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XIV) /Clemence Wescoupe/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XV) /Cecil Youngfox/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XVI) /Goyce Kakegamic/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XVII) /Leland Bell BEBAMINOJMAT/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XVIII) /Ahmoo Angeconeb,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XIX) /Saul Williams/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XX) /Francis Kagige/,
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XXI) /Isaac Bignell/ &
- Great Anishinaabe/Woodland Artists (Part XXII) /Blake Debassige/.-

* The painting on canvas in this post: "Spirit Fish", 24"x30", © c. 1975 Carl Ray Estate; Purchase 1975, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1975.32.2