Lot 25
JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A. (1906-1985)
Provenance:
Private Collection, Hamilton
Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg
Literature:
Janet Catherine Berlo in Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller (eds.), ,em>North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary, Garland, New York, 1995.
Note:
“A strong, bold graphic sense informs all of Oonark’s work. Traditional dress, women’s facial tatoos, and shamanistic themes are common in her art, yet they usually appear as isolated, fragmentary forms, shaped into a graphically bold image rather than a comprehensible narrative. Oonark is also well known as a textile artist, whose wool and felt wall-hangings reveal her as a master of color and form.”