Английская Википедия:Henry Hunt (artist)

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Henry Hunt (16 October 1923 – 13 March 1985) was a First Nations woodcarver and artist from the Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly "Kwakiutl") people of coastal British Columbia. He carved a number of totem poles which are on public display in Canada and internationally.

Early life

He was born in 1923 in the Kwakwaka'wakw community of Fort Rupert, B.C. He was a descendant of the renowned ethnologist George Hunt. In 1954 he moved to Victoria and became Martin's chief assistant in the Thunderbird Park carving program.Шаблон:Sfn

Hunt was originally a logger and fishermen before he took up wood carving professionally. In 1939 he married Helen Martin, the adopted daughter of Kwakwaka'wakw artist Mungo Martin. Their children were the artists Henry, Jr., Shirley Ford, Tony Hunt, Richard Hunt, and Stanley C. Hunt.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

In 1954 Hunt went to work for his father-in-law in Victoria. Hunt took the post of Martin's chief assistant in the Thunderbird Park at the British Columbia Provincial Museum. At Thunderbird Park, Hunt studied traditional wood carving under Mungo Martin and Arthur Shaughnessy. He also worked in the museum's collections, helping to restore and preserve Aboriginal art. Mungo Martin died in 1962 and Hunt succeeded him as the park's Master Carver.Шаблон:Sfn

Henry Hunt trained his sons, Tony, Stanley and Richard, in the art of carving; all of them went on to establish careers as carvers. Tony became chief assistant carver to his father and together they created a series of important totem poles and other carvings. Henry Hunt remained at the museum for over 20 years until he retired in 1974, and his son Richard took over as Master Carver in the Thunderbird Park carving program.Шаблон:Sfn

Works

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Hunt's totem pole at the Expo67 "Indians of Canada" Pavilion

Henry Hunt followed the Kwakwaka'wakw carving tradition, using minimum paint, deep cuts with traditional tools.Шаблон:Citation needed

A number of Hunt's works can be seen at locations around Canada. Many of his totem poles and other ornamental objects can be seen on display at the Thunderbird Park in Victoria. He produced a totem pole for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo67 in Montreal, and a pole for the Totem Marina at Shuswap Lake, BC.

A noted work by Henry and Richard Hunt is a Шаблон:Convert memorial pole which was erected in 1970 in memory of Mungo Martin at Alert Bay.Шаблон:Sfn This pole is reputedly the world's tallest totem pole, standing at Шаблон:Convert; the previous claim to the title was a pole carved by Henry Hunt, Mungo and David Martin standing at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, depicting the legend of Geeksen, the first man in Kwakwaka'wakw mythology.Шаблон:Sfn Another of Hunt's poles stands at the Swartz Bay ferry terminal; this pole depicts the Kwakwaka'wakw mythological figures of Grizzly Bear and the Whale, and was awarded first prize in the Route of the Totems contest.Шаблон:Sfn

Other works by Hunt can be seen in Victoria, at Victoria HarbourШаблон:Sfn and in the entrance of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria;Шаблон:Sfn at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC;Шаблон:Sfn at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver; and in Confederation Park, Ottawa, ON.

Hunt produced many smaller works including small presentation poles (approximately 45 cm long) which were presented as gifts to visiting heads of state and dignitaries; recipients have included prime minister Lester Pearson, US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Queen Elizabeth II.

Several of his works have been exhibited internationally. Henry Hunt totem poles are on display in the Plaza Canadá, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in the town of Berkhamsted, England.

• Works
• Totem poles outside the Royal BC Museum in Victoria

  Totem poles outside the Royal BC Museum in Victoria

• Beacon Hill Park Story Pole, Victoria

  Beacon Hill Park Story Pole, Victoria

• Feast dish in the shape of Dzunukwa, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver

  Feast dish in the shape of Dzunukwa, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver

• Hok hok totem, Plaza Canadá, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Hok hok totem, Plaza Canadá, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Confederation Park, Ottawa

  Confederation Park, Ottawa

• Totem pole in Berkhamsted, UK

  Totem pole in Berkhamsted, UK

Death

Henry Hunt died on 13 March 1985 in Victoria and was buried in Hatley Memorial Gardens, Hatley Park.

Bibliography

• Hunt, Ross. (2007). "The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show." Anthropology News, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 20–21.
• Hawthorn, Audrey. (1988). Kwakiutl Art. University of Washington Press. Шаблон:ISBN.
• Macnair, Peter L., Alan L. Hoover, and Kevin Neary. (1984). The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre.
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