Jamasie Teevee
{{Short description|Inuk artist (1910–1985)}}
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Jamasie Teevee (July 2, 1910 – October 31, 1985) was an Inuk artist.
Career
He began to draw in the early 1960s, first focusing on engraving copper plates.{{Cite web|title=Jamasie Teevee|url=https://nativecanadianarts.com/artist/jamasie-teevee/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts|language=en-US}} However, the majority of his career was spent on printmaking.
He was the father of artists Anirnik Ragee, Parnee Peter, Nicotai Simigak, and Simeonie Teevee. He was married to artist Angotigolu Teevee, who died in 1967.
His work is held in a variety of museums, including the National Gallery of Canada, the University of Michigan Museum of Art,{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Arctic Hare|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/43596|access-date=2021-01-06|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Three Birds, Two Walruses|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/36087|access-date=2021-01-06|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}} the Gilcrease Museum,{{Cite web|title=Family Portrait / Jamasie Teevee - Gilcrease Museum|url=https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14890|access-date=2021-01-06|website=collections.gilcrease.org|language=en}} the Canadian Museum of History,{{Cite web|title=Search the Collections {{!}} Canadian Museum of History|url=https://www.historymuseum.ca/collections/artifact/55118/|access-date=2021-01-06|language=en-US}} the National Museum of the American Indian,{{Cite web|title=Family Hunting Caribou {{!}} National Museum of American Indian|url=https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_276558|access-date=2021-01-06|website=americanindian.si.edu}} the McMaster Museum of Art,{{Cite web|title=McMaster Museum of Art|url=https://emuseum.mcmaster.ca/emuseum/view/people/asitem/T/17/displayName-asc;jsessionid=007A3A2B9D6A3DBD773E65D4FF917081?t:state:flow=abbb9964-9764-440b-9b5f-a24a32fc3188|access-date=2021-01-06|website=emuseum.mcmaster.ca}} the Ackland Art Museum,{{Cite web|title=Jamasie Teevee – People – eMuseum|url=https://ackland.emuseum.com/people/13200/jamasie-teevee;jsessionid=D8F9B243CC07ADEF15FB43B7558B76DF|access-date=2021-01-06|website=ackland.emuseum.com|language=en}} the Agnes Etherington Art Centre,{{Cite web|title=Family Hunting Caribou {{!}} Agnes Etherington Art Centre|url=https://agnes.queensu.ca/explore/collections/object/family-hunting-caribou/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=agnes.queensu.ca}} the Scott Polar Research Institute,{{Cite web|title=Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge » Museum catalogue|url=https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/catalogue/article/y2005.7.32a-b/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=www.spri.cam.ac.uk}} the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,{{Cite web|title=Collection Online {{!}} Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec|url=http://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600002818}} and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.{{Cite web|title=Collection Online {{!}} Museum of Anthropology at UBC|url=http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?item=17103|access-date=2021-01-06|website=collection-online.moa.ubc.ca}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian printmakers
Category:20th-century Inuit artists
Category:Canadian Inuit artists
Category:Canadian male artists
Category:20th-century Canadian male artists
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