Daphne Odjig

Daphne Odjig

The Development of an Artist

2008

Daphne Odjig is an artist of national renown.
Her paintings are in collections throughout Canada.

©Photos by Lois Siegel

The Indian in Transition
1978, acrylic on canvas, 2.5 x 8.3 m, Canadian Museum of Civilization

Daphne was born in 1919 in the village of Wikwemikong
on Manitoulin Island.
She is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English.
Her grandfather, Jonas Odjig, carved tombstones
for the nearby church
and sketched and painted church landscapes.
Her father painted war scenes and portraits of soldiers
from the Great War and was a talented musician.

The 2007 Laureates of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts
Rideau Hall

Front Row: Murray Favro; Daphne Odjig; Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond; Fernand Leduc; R. Bruce Elder.
Back Row: Tom Hill, Board Member Canada Council for the Arts; David P. Silcox; Paul Mathieu;
Ian Carr-Harris; Aganetha Dyck; Manon Blanchette, Board Member, Canada Council for the Arts.