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Freda Diesing Haida Indian Silkscreen Print

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Freda Diesing Haida Indian Silkscreen Print
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Title is Beaver Box Design. 18" by 24" on board, 13 1/2" by 19 1/2" without backing. Freda (Marie Alfreda Johnson) Diesing (1925 - 2002) was active/lived in British Columbia / Canada. Freda Diesing is known for Wood carving, totem poles, teaching. Freda Diesing was a Haida woman of the Sadsugohilanes Clan, one of very few female carvers of Northwest Coast totem poles and a member of the Council of the Haida Nation of British Columbia, Canada. Her Haida name is Skil Kew Wat, meaning magical little woman. She was born Marie Alfreda Johnson in Prince Rupert, B.C., on 2 June 1925. She studied painting at the Vancouver School of Art and was one of the first students at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art ('Ksan) at Hazelton, B.C., in Gitksan territory. There she received instruction from the art historian Bill Holm, and the First Nations artists Tony Hunt (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Robert Davidson (Haida). Diesing began her carving career when she was 42 years old using traditional formline design. She carved portrait masks and bowls as well as totem poles. She designed ceremonial button blankets and carved wall panels for the Prince Rupert General Hospital. She was part of the major revival in Northwest Coast art in the 1960s. Her poles include two poles raised at the Tsimshian community of Kitsumkalum near Terrace, B.C., with the assistance of a Tsimshian team, a 1987 pole for the RCMP station in Terrace, and poles in Prince Rupert. Diesing was a master carver, painter, educator and champion of First Nations art and culture. Her students include acclaimed artists Dempsey Bob, Norman Tait, her nephew Don Yeomans, and many others. She lived in Terrace in her later years, and can be credited with instructing numerous students throughout the Pacific Northwest. Diesing has received many honors and awards. She was recognized by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation who awarded her the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in Winnipeg in March 2002. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Northern British Columbia in May 2002. In 2006, Northwest Community College created the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, located in Terrace, British Columbia and named in her honor. She has served as artist-in-residence in the Dominican Republic and participated in sculpture symposia in Finland.
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