Pauta Saila

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Pauta Saila
File:Pauta Saila e011368539.jpg
Pauta Saila in 1980
Born1916 or 1917
Kilaparutua, Baffin Island, Canada
Died2009(2009-00-00) (aged 92–93)
Known forInuit sculptor
Spouse
Mukshowya
(m. 1937, died)
(m. 1960)

Pauta Saila RCA (1916 or 1917–2009)[1] was an Inuit artist from Kilaparutua, Baffin Island, Canada who resided in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. His sister was artist Sharni Pootoogook.[2][3] His works are massive, simplified sculptures of Arctic wildlife, usually in soapstone; best known are his dancing bears.[4][5] Pauta's second wife was the Inuit artist Pitaloosie Saila. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2003.[4][6]

Works

File:Dancing Bear Ottawa 2006.jpg
Dancing bear sculpture by Saila in Ottawa's Byward Market

References

  1. The ULAN and the Canadian Encyclopedia give 1917, other sources give 1916
  2. "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. "Sarni Pootoogook". DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Short biography on Spiritwrestler.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 Pauta Saila on the Canadian Encyclopedia
  6. "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  • Hessel, Ingo (2002). Inuit Art: an Introduction. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre. ISBN 1-55054-829-8.

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