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LUKE ANGUHADLUQ (1895 - 1982) |
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"Tall and broad shouldered, a head higher than all the others" and acting with "the dignity of a chieftain" was how Luke Anguhadluq was described by Knud Rasmussen in the journals of his journey through the Back River area in 1923. A hunter and camp leader throughout his nomadic life, Anguhadluq reluctantly moved his family to the settlement of Baker Lake in 1961 during a period of severe famine. Under his guidance, the family continued to spend extended periods of time on the land, yet also adapted to life in the settlement and the new possibilities of art making. Inspired, perhaps, by the early artistic efforts of his cousin, Jessie Oonark, Anguhadluq made his first drawings in 1960/61. He also tried his hand at carving but the graphic medium is what held his interest. It also earned him renewed respect and attention in the new social milieu of settlement life. Anguhadluq was a prolific artist and his distinctive images of hunters and animals on the land were an integral part of the Baker Lake Annual Print Collection from 1970 to 1982. His drawings have also been featured in more than seventy national and international exhibitions including a shared exhibition with his wife, Marion Tuu'luq, which was mounted in 1976 by the Winnipeg Art Gallery. There have been six solo exhibitions of Anguhadluq's work, most recently in 1993, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Jack Butler, who acted as an art advisor in Baker Lake recalls Anguhadluq's peculiar drawing style:
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