Fortieth Anniversary of Norval Morrisseau's becoming a Member of the Order of Canada

-- -
Kevin Hearn Vs. Joseph B. McLeod and Maslak McLeod Gallery Inc.
/Court File No. CV-12-455650/

"SPIRIT ENERGY OF MOTHER EARTH HAS NOT BEEN PROVED TO BE A FORGED OR FAKE MORRISEAU. FROM THE LAW'S POINT OF VIEW, IT IS THEREFORE A REAL NORVAL MORRISSEAU PAINTING."-

~ Justice Edward M. Morgan, May 24, 2018

-



















© 1979 John Evans
/Click on image to Enlarge/-
-

On December 18, 1978, Norval Morrisseau became a member of the Order of Canada. He was invested on April 25, 1979 by Governor-General Edward Schreyer at Government House in Ottawa.

The citation reads as follows:

"Artist working at Beardmore, Ontario. His paintings which have been shown in public galleries across Canada express his Ojibway heritage with such distincivness that he provides inspiration to younger Indian artists."

- -

-
--
Source: THE ART OF NORVAL MORRISSEAU ('Jack Pollock's Book') /Lister Sinclair, Jack Pollock, and Norval Morrisseau/; ISBN: 0-458-93820-3 /Toronto, Ontario: Methuen, 1979./


Note: Norval Morrisseau was accompanied by his apprentice Brian Marion (see photograph, left) who in 1975 began a nine-year apprenticeship with Norval Morrisseau.
-
Reference posts:
- Govenor General of Canada website /Norval Morrisseau, C.M./,
- Norval Morrisseau's Legacy Continues (Part IV) /Brian Marion/.
-