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The Indian Group of 7
Woodland School of Painting
The Indian Group of 7
• Name given to a group of Aboriginals who
organized the “Professional National Indian
Organization” in 1973
• A reporter named Gary Scherbain named
them
Aboriginal Art
• As early as
1963 Norval
Morrisseau
received
attention
among the art
world’s “who’s
who” for his
paintings of
Native legends
Numbers in 1973
• An exhibition called “Treaty Numbers 23,
287,1171” caught the public eye
• The show brought Aboriginal art to the forefront
and let everyone know, it really is ART!
• Daphne Odjig, Jackson Beardy, and Alex Janvier
were the exhibiting artists
The Indian Group of 7
Alex Janvier
Jackson Beardy
Daphne Odjig
Joe Sanchez
Carl Ray
Eddy Cobiness
Norval Morrisseau
The Meeting
• They met in Daphne’s home to organize a
group that would help up and coming
Aboriginal artists
• The group was funded by Indian Affairs (a
branch of the Federal Government)
• It was called The Professional National
Indian Artists Incorporation
The Exhibitions
• #1 The Winnipeg Art Gallery
• #2 The Wallach Gallery in Ottawa
• #3 A show in Vancouver
• #4 The Dominion Gallery in Montreal 1975
Schrieber Island 1970
Recreation Myth
Carl Ray
• Carl Ray and Daphne Odjig taught art in an
art school on the island
• Influencing another generation of Aboriginal
Artists
The Debate
• The PNIA group was vital to the
advancement of Aboriginal art
• Prior to the group, Aboriginal art was
relegated to the “pre-historic” section of
museums. • After PNIA Aboriginal art began to be
considered “mainstream”
3 Main Schools of
Canadian Aboriginal Art
• Inuit Art (north)
• West Coast Art (west)
• Woodlands School of Art (central to east)
The Woodland School
• The Woodland School encompasses many
tribes that ran from the tree line up north
to the MacKenzie River, the Great Lakes,
the Mississippi River, the Gulf forests to the
Atlantic Ocean. • A very large area
The Woodland School
Symbolism
• Reference to
prehistoric traditions
• The snake, the
carnivore, the birds
• There are more
contemporary images
but still, the prehistoric
symbols are very
common
The Woodland School
Symbolism
• Transformation-from
man to animal or the
reverse
• Simultaneity (both animal
and man at the same
time)
• Spiritual interaction or
fighting between man and
animal
The Style
• Images were stylized
• Confusion between the
main figure and the
background (blending
of positive and negative
space)
• Often very colourful
or an earth tone pallet
• A black outline defined
the shapes
The Woodland School
Influence
Shirley Cheechoo
Leland Bell
• The success of the Woodland School artists was
felt very dramatically on Manitoulin Island (Daphne
Odjig’s home)
• In 1966 Tom Peletier started a summer arts school
for Ojibwe children
• It was called the Manitou Arts Foundation
• Many famous artists came from this program
(Shirley Cheechoo, Randolph Trudau, Leland Bell,
Martin Panamick, Blake Debassige)
Manitoulin Island
Alex Janvier
Lubicon
Cookout Evening
Composition #1
Morning Star
Alex Janvier
Flowing Spirit
Where the Big Fish Live
Kuwjs
Alex Janvier
Flower Song
Steno’ Deh Arise My People
Christmas 2005
World Drum
Daphne Odjig
Pow Wow Dancer
Devotion
In Search of Wonder
Eagle Dancer
Vision
New Love
Learning-Grandfather Series
Daphne Odjig
Norval Morrisseau
Get Ready to
Create!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!