Rare Vintage Inuit Ken Lisbourne hand carved soapstone owl Sculpture 1979 signed

Description: Rare Vintage Inuit Ken Lisbourne hand carved soapstone owl Sculpture 1979 signed. Please look at the photos for condition as they are part of the description. Ken Lisbourne was a Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1950. Ken Lisbourne was an inuit artist. Anchorage Museum featured Ken Lisbourne's work in the past. Ken Lisbourne Inupiaq artist Ken Lisbourne was born and raised in Point Hope, Alaska on October 21, 1950 to William Lisbourne Sr. and Myra Lisbourne, the fourth child of what would eventually become a family of 16. He passed away from pancreatic cancer June 14, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. His Inupiaq name was 'Ooyahtoona.’ Ken reflected that his best education came from his mother and father, learning to hunt and fish and live a subsistence life. Ken’s watercolor paintings are well known in the world of Alaska art. They depict a way of life quickly fading - that of the traditional subsistence lifestyle of Inupiaq Eskimos in the Arctic. Each painting Ken did always had a story about his Native culture and how he grew up. He is also known for his soapstone carvings, baleen etchings, and the hand carved "Iva Lisbourne doll" faces his wife Iva used to create her Eskimo dolls. Ken’s formal education included high school at Wrangell Institute, Wrangell, Alaska and Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska and the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He explored working in different media for two years at the University of Alaska Extension Center for Arts and Crafts and an additional two at Sheldon Jackson College. Ken's artwork may be seen in many public and private buildings throughout Alaska including in Kotzebue at the Maniilaq hospital, the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation building in Barrow and the ASRC building in Fairbanks. His paintings may be found at the Anchorage Museum, the Smithsonian in New York, BIA office, local business, banks, and in thousands of private homes/collections. Lisbourne also served on the board of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. He always gave the reigning Miss Alaska a print every year. He sold his work at throughout Alaska including at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics in Fairbanks, the Alaska Federation of Natives annual gathering, Anchorage Saturday Market and at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Ken is remembered for being conscientious and kind. He took after his father; a good that man his sister says eschewed alcohol and drugs, instead preferring to live a true subsistence lifestyle.

Price: 85 USD

Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida

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