Early Life & Heritage
This Indigenous artist was born on September 11, 1919, on the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve.
Who is Daphne Odjig?
While recovering from illness, Daphne was taught traditional drawing and carving techniques by this family member.
Who is her grandfather, Jonas Odjig?
Daphne Odjig co-founded this influential Indigenous artists’ collective.
What is the Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporated (PNIAI)?
This 1973 painting depicts creation and uses red-orange and blue-green tones.
What is “From Mother Earth Flows the River of Life”?
Daphne received this national award, one of Canada’s highest accolades in the visual arts field.
What is the Governor General's Laureate in Visual and Media Arts.
Daphne Odjig was part of this First Nations group, along with Potawatomi and Odawa heritage.
What is the Ojibwa tribe?
Daphne first began teaching herself to paint by copying artworks she saw in these two Toronto institutions.
What are the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Toronto?
This nickname was given to the PNIAI group by journalist Gary Scherbain.
What is the Indian Group of Seven?
“Pow-Wow Singers” focuses on this group participating in cultural ceremony.
Who are women (or female Pow-Wow singers)?
She was affectionately called this nickname by fellow artist Norval Morrisseau.
What is "Picasso’s Grandmother”?
As a child, she lacked modern utilities but lived surrounded by these two natural things that later inspired her art.
What are an apple orchard and the beauty of nature?
Daphne Odjig was inspired by these European masters, whose works she studied at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Toronto.
Who are Picasso, Matisse, and the Impressionists?
The group originated from a gallery in Winnipeg called this.
What is the Warehouse Gallery (later Wah-sa Gallery)?
This 1979 piece represents family, spirituality, and cultural identity through Cubist and Surrealist style.
What is “Rebirth of a Culture”?
She received this special item from Chief Wakageshig, typically reserved for men.
What is an Eagle Feather?
At age 13, Daphne fell ill with this disease, forcing her to leave school.
What is rheumatic fever?
This tragic event in 1960 inspired her emotionally charged painting “Infinite Cycle.”
What is the death of her husband in a car accident?
These other Indigenous artists were among the PNIAI founders alongside Odjig.
Hint: There are 6 you need to name.
Who are Eddy Cobiness, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Carl Ray, and Joseph Sanchez?
In her art, Daphne often depicted this trickster figure from Anishinaabe stories.
Who is Nanabush?
Daphne was an elected member of this prestigious Canadian arts organization, abbreviated R.C.A.
What is the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts?
Daphne's artistic talents were nurtured by her grandfather, a descendant of Chief Black Partridge.
Who is Jonas Odjig?
While living near Cultus Lake, she was influenced by these two Canadian artists known for landscape painting.
Who are Emily Carr and Cornelius Krieghoff?
The name of Daphne’s and her husband’s Winnipeg business that helped promote Indigenous art.
What is Odjig Prints of Canada Ltd.?
Daphne created a collection of 10 children’s books titled this, inspired by traditional Indigenous stories.
What is Tales of Nanabush?
In this year, Daphne Odjig passed away, ending a 60-year-long artistic career.
What is 2016?