ᐸ Parr
First Name: ᐸ Parr
Biography (English): ᐸ Parr was an Inuk artist. He lived a traditional Inuit lifestyle until 1961, when he settled in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset] because of declining health and a hunting accident. In ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait, Parr began to draw and make stonecut relief prints. He created over 2,000 works in the next eight years. These are mainly images of hunting scenes, although Shamanic subjects are also depicted. In 1977 one of his prints was featured on a Canadian postage stamp. His work is included in the permanent collections of several museums, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Canadian Museum of History, the Dennos Museum Center, the National Museum of the American Indian, the British Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art.
Biography (French): Paa Paa inuuliqtuminiq 1893-ngutillugu nunalillaturni, Kinngait mitsaani, nigiqpasingani sinaani, Qikiqtaalummi, Nunavummi. Paakkuk nuliariik Ilisuusikkuk piqqusituqaqtigut nuttaqattalauqsimajut angunasuqattaqsutik ukiallivatsutik Tasiujarjuarmi. 'Iqalulinni' ammalu aujaqsiupatsutik Niitani Tikirarmiluunniit, akautsiaqattarunniirami inutuqaruqpallialiqsunilu aullaasilauqsimajuq Kinngarnut 1961 nunguppallialiqtillugu. Tiliuqtautsuni Terry Ryan-mut titiqtugaqattajujuq paippaani upirngaangani 1961 Tasiujaqjuarmiutautsuni uannaqpasingani Kinngait. Inuisattunut sanaugaqtinut ilagijaulluni angakkunik takutsautitsinikkut sanajarmitigut, Paa qaujimajautsiaqtuq unikkaaqtunik titiqtuganginnut uumajunnguanik, angunasuaqtunik ammalu asivaqsimajunik. Titiqtugaqattaqsimajangit iqqaumajaminik uvikkakanniulluni angunasuaqtiutsuni asinilu nunaqaqpatsuni. Ukkusitsamuuqsimajunik niruaqtuqaqattalauqtuq ammalu titiqtugaliurnimik kisiani tigusillarilauqsimanngittuq titiqtugaliurnirmik quviagijaqajummijuq taqsalinnik amiarutinik aturiatsaq, qanuittutuinnarnillu amiarutinik aturnirmik imalinnillu titiqtugaliraigami. Arraaguit amisuunngittut titiqtugaqtiutsuni amisukallannik titiqtugalauqtuq, 2000-niittunik, ammalu ilitarijaumatsuni takutsautitsigianga inuusirmik atuqtaugunnaqtunik kinguvaariinniaqtunut. Ilitarijausimatsuni takutsautitsininganut angunasuarnituqarnik niruaqtaulauqsimajuq 1977-mi titiqqanut qangattautinuuqtautsuni titiqtuganga. Inuujunniilauqsimajuq Nuuvippiri 3, 1969.
Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Parr-
Community Detail: recoGnj3Hf0wf9phl
Birth Year: 1893
Medium: drawing printmaking
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