Angotigolu Teevee (, also spelled Angitteegooloo Tivi; 1910–1967) was a Canadian

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artist. She practiced printmaking and drawing, with major works mainly on

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themes. Teevee lived and worked in the community of

Cape Dorset Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning 'high mountain' or 'where the hills are'; Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island ...

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, where she was part of a group of Inuit artists. She was born in 1910, and died at 57 in 1967. Her husband, Jamasie Teevee, and her brother, Tikituk Qinnuayuak, were also accomplished artists. The Teevees' children (including Anirnik Ragee, Parnee Peter, Nicotai Simigak, and Simeonie Teevee) also work in the arts, mainly in sculpture.

Works

Teevee was part of the vibrant art community of Cape Dorset, or Kingnait, which produced large numbers of nationally known artists and sculptors, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. While the artist worked in a variety of themes, Teevee's imagery in her most well-known drawings and prints are largely animal, spirit and human figures from Inuit storytelling and mythology. Most of her print work is from her original drawings; she produced over 380 prints in her lifetime. Teevee's pieces were part of the influential Cape Dorset collections of Inuit art in the early 1960s. The

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holds a number of Teevee's pieces, with others permanently housed by

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and the

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in Ottawa, and the

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References

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