Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Daphne Odjig

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Odjig has been a prominent figure on the Canadian art scene since the 1960s, when she helped spark an Aboriginal artistic revival with her unique, expressive style that fused Cubism with Native storytelling. She is perhaps best known as a central member of the Woodland School, an art movement whose other members include the late Norval Morrisseau and Carl Ray. Their dramatic use of animal and spirit imagery, bright colours and dark outlines transformed Aboriginal painting from ethnographic craft into highly collectible fine art.
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