There are two oil paintings dated 1960 by Pierre Nauja (1914-1977) of Rankin Inlet. Nauja was one of only a few Inuit artists who pursued oil painting. He was known as a skilled carver before he began painting using old plywood, discarded house paint and cut-down canoe "brushes". Anthropologist Robert Wilson of Rankin Inlet provided Nauja with oils, brushes and canvas. Other sources say Dr. Robert WilliamsonThis essay was originally published in Inuit Art Quarterly (vol. 17, no. 2, summer 2002: p 50-52).© 2002Macdonald Stewart Art CentreExhibition Curator: Judith Nasby-------------------------www.elcalodon.comCollectionsCanadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec  Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba References Clarke, Janet  THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 1988. pp.21-22. Nagy, Hendrika G.  NAUJA: Painter at Rankin Inlet. The Beaver, Autumn: 48-49, 1967. Swinton, Nelda  LA FAUNE DE L'ARCTIQUE = ARCTIC WILDLIFE: L'art des Inuit = the Art of the Inuit. Montreal: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1993. University of Regina. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Regina: University of Regina. The Norman MackenzieArt Gallery, 1987. Winnipeg Art Gallery  RANKIN INLET/KANGIRLLINIQ. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981. Winnipeg Art Gallery  THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.

Exhibitions

• Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
• Looking South, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Nauya Paintings, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Rankin Inlet/Kangirlliniq, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Williamson Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
• The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
• Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg