Angotigolu Teevee (Inuktitut: ᐊᒍᑎᕈᓗ ᑎᕕ,[1] also spelled Angitteegooloo Tivi; 1910–1967) was a Canadian Inuk artist. She practiced printmaking and drawing, with major works mainly on Inuit mythology themes. Teevee lived and worked in the community of Cape Dorset, Nunavut, where she was part of a group of Inuit artists. She was born in 1910, and died at 57 in 1967. Her husband, Jamasie Teevee, and her brother, Tikituk Qinnuayuak, were also accomplished artists.[2] The Teevees' children (including Anirnik Ragee, Parnee Peter, Nicotai Simigak, and Simeonie Teevee) also work in the arts, mainly in sculpture.[3][4]
Angotigolu Teevee ᐊᒍᑎᕈᓗ ᑎᕕ | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1967 (aged 56–57) |
| Other name | Angitteegooloo Tivi |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse | Jamasie Teevee |
Works
editTeevee was part of the vibrant art community of Cape Dorset, or Kingnait, which produced large numbers of nationally known artists and sculptors, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. While the artist worked in a variety of themes, Teevee's imagery in her most well-known drawings and prints are largely animal, spirit and human figures from Inuit storytelling and mythology.[2] Most of her print work is from her original drawings; she produced over 380 prints in her lifetime. Teevee's pieces were part of the influential Cape Dorset collections of Inuit art in the early 1960s. The McMichael Canadian Art Collection holds a number of Teevee's pieces,[5] with others permanently housed by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa, and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Artist: Angotigolu Teevee - ᐊᒍᑎᕈᓗ ᑎᕕ - E7-978". Katilvik. Waddington's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Artists : Teevee, Angotigolu". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "Artists: Jamasie Teevee (Jamessie)". ABoriginArt Galleries. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "Artist: Jamasie Teevee". DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ↑ Blodgett, Jean (1991). In Cape Dorset we do it this way : three decades of Inuit printmaking. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art Collection. ISBN 9780772992178. OCLC 25367637.