Akesuk Tudlik
{{Short description|20th-century Canadian printmaker}}
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| birth_place = near Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
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Akesuk Tudlik, commonly known simply as Tudlik (1890–1966),{{Cite web|title=Tudlik|url=https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/iad/artist/Tudlik-|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Inuit Art Foundation|language=en}} was an Inuk printmaker and carver from Cape Dorset, Canada.{{Cite web|title=Seal|publisher=Agnes Etherington Art Centre|url=https://agnes.queensu.ca/explore/collections/object/seal-4/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=agnes.queensu.ca}} He is best known for his stylized carvings of animals, particularly birds with round eyes.
Early life
Career
Tudlik and his family moved to the Kinngait area in 1951, and he began selling his carvings to James Houston. He began printmaking around the same time, and was involved in the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.{{Cite web|title=Akesuk Tudlik. Excited Man Forgets His Weapon. 1959 {{!}} MoMA|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/63763|access-date=2021-01-26|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Akesuk Tudlik - Inuit artist - Cape Dorset {{!}} Native Canadian Arts|url=https://nativecanadianarts.com/artist/akesuk-tudlik/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=October 5, 2014|first=Lucy|last=Martin|title=Who knew? Japanese influence in Inuit print art|url=https://blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org/allin/2014/10/05/who-knew-japanese-influence-in-inuit-print-art/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=All In}} His work often depicted bears and owls, as well as hunters pursuing prey.{{Cite web|title=Bird Dream Forewarning Blizzards|url=https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/20448/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.mbam.qc.ca|language=en}}
His work is held at several museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada,{{Cite web|title=Bird Dream Forewarning Blizzard|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/bird-dream-forewarning-blizzard|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.gallery.ca|language=en}} the National Museum of the American Indian,{{Cite web|title=Man Killing Seal {{!}} National Museum of the American Indian|url=https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_276524?destination=edan_searchtab?edan_q=%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D=name%253A%2522Witt%252C%2520Bert%2522&edan_fq%255B1%255D=object_type%253A%2522Prints%2522&edan_fq%255B2%255D=name%253A%2522Akesuk%252C%2520Tudlik%2522|access-date=2021-01-26|website=americanindian.si.edu}} the University of Michigan Museum of Art,{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Family|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/43597|access-date=2021-01-26|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Stylized Bear|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/43571|access-date=2021-01-26|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}} the Scott Polar Research Institute,{{Cite web|title=Owl* {{!}} Art UK|url=https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/owl-262798|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.artuk.org|language=en}} the Museum of Anthropology at UBC,{{Cite web|title=Collection Online {{!}} Museum of Anthropology at UBC|url=http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?keywords=tudlik&row=0|access-date=2021-01-26|website=collection-online.moa.ubc.ca}} the McMichael Canadian Art Collection,{{Cite web|title=Division of Meat|url=http://collections.mcmichael.com/objects/3906/division-of-meat;jsessionid=0378FA889733BFCFF7A10058A66033C0|access-date=2021-01-26|website=collections.mcmichael.com|language=en}} the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Dennos Museum Center.
Later life
His sons Solomonie Tigullaraq and Latcholassie Akesuk became artists as well.{{Cite web|title=An Online Exhibition|url=https://firstarts.ca/exhibitions/11-a-clyde-river-original-an-exhibition-of-sculptures/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=First Arts|language=en}}
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Category:Canadian Inuit artists
Category:20th-century Canadian sculptors
Category:20th-century Canadian printmakers
Category:20th-century Inuit artists
Category:Canadian male sculptors
Category:20th-century Canadian male artists
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