Luke Anguhadluq, ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ
Settlement: Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq
(1895-1982) — E2-294
Alternative Names: Anguhadluq Anguhadluq, Luke Anguhadluq, Angosaglo Anguhadluq, Anglosaglo Anguhadluq, Anguhalluq Anguhadluq, Luq Anguhadluq
Luke Anguhadluq spent much of his life as a camp leader in the Back River
area (Chantrey Inlet) north of Baker Lake, living the traditional way of life
on the land. In the early 1960s, he settled in the community of Baker Lake
with his wife, Marion Tuu'luq, who later became a prominent tapestry and
graphic artist. Luke began drawing in 1968 at the age of 73, and participated
in the printing program in Baker Lake since it began in 1969.
"From the beginning Anguhadluq seemed to have established his particular
subject interests and his own way of conveying them from the three-
dimensional world to two-dimensional paper. Economic of means, he suggested
and abbreviated forms rather than extensively articulating them; he let the
empty white areas of his paper work for him, never fearing to leave areas
undisturbed (although conversely, he might completely fill the page with
images or a background). He repeated forms or distorted them for realistic
and visual effects, and he adjusted his perspective system to meet particular
needs within his scene."*
Although Anguhadluq was known as a skillful hunter when he lived on the
land, in the community of Baker Lake he was known for his skillful drawings
depicting subject matter such as drum dances or hunters in kayaks and
caribou. Many of Anguhadluq's drawings were used to make prints. His sons,
Thomas Iksiraq (1941 -) and Barnabus Oosuaq (1940-) who are both printers in
Baker Lake, often made the prints of their father's original drawings.
Anguhadluq died at the age of 87. The eternal hunter, Anguhadluq was
buried on one of his favourite hills out on the land, where he used to watch
for caribou. His casket was brought to this site by dogsled, as per his final
request.
* Jean Blodgett, "Grasp Tight The Old Ways: Selections From the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art", Toronto: The Art Gallery Gallery, 1983, page 38
Exhibitions
- A Culture on Paper: Baker Lake Drawings, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Alaska Eskimo Dolls/Inuit Prints, Provincial Museum of Alberta, sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts
- Angohadluq and Esa - Drawings, Artemus
- Anguhadluq - Prints and Drawings in Retrospect 1970-1978, Gallery One
- Anguhadluq/Tuu'luq: Husband and Wife of Baker Lake, The Upstairs Gallery
- Arctic Mirror, Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum
- Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers
- Baker Lake - Uncatalogued Prints 1979-1985 A retrospective collection exhibited at selected galleries, organized by, Canadian Arctic Producers
- Baker Lake Drawings, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Baker Lake Drawings, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake Drawings, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Baker Lake Drawings, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake Eskimo Drawings - Six Artists, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake Print Collection *70, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *71, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *72, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *73, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *74, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *75, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *76, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *77, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *78, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *79, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *80, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *81, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection *82, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Retrospective: A Twenty Year Anniversary, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings: 1970-1976, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake Prints 1985, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Baker Lake Prints and Drawings: 1970-1973, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Extension Services
- Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Baker Lake Prints: 1970 - 1982 Retrospective, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Baker Lake: Persistence of Old Memories, Brandon Allied Arts Council
- Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
- Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, presented at the General Assembly Building, United Nations
- Contemporary Inuit Art, National Gallery of Canada
- Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
- Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary
- Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim held at Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Siegen at Villa Waldrich
- Drawings by Anglosaglo, Fleet Gallery
- Drawings by Anglosaglo of Baker Lake, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Drawings by Anguhadluk, Annaqtussi, Kigusiuq, Kukiiyaut of Baker Lake, N.W.T., Robertson Galleries
- Drawings from Baker Lake, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Each Depends on the Other, Houston North Gallery
- Eskimo Art, Queens Museum
- Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/ Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture, National Gallery of Modern Art
- Eskimo Narrative, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- From the Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario
- Gjoa Haven Sculpture/Wallhangings, Atlantic Galleries
- Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, Art Gallery of Ontario
- Hunter of the Sacred Game: Traditional Life on the Land, Organized by the Arts and Learning Services Foundation
- Hunters of Old, Inukshuk Galleries Inc.
- I Am Always Thinking About the Animals, Houston North Gallery
- Im Schatten der Sonne: Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
- Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection, Glenbow Museum
- Inuit Art in the 1970s, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada, National Museum of Man, Ottawa and Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
- Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada
- Inuit Drawings, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of Prints, University of Alberta
- Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Inuit Graphic Art from Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Graphics from the Past, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, McMichael Canadian Collection
- Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Luke Anguhadluq - Prints and Drawings, Gallery Moos
- Luke Anguhadluq: Baker Lake Prints and Drawings 1970-1982, The Upstairs Gallery
- Moving Around the Form: Inuit Sculpture and Prints, Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University
- Multiple Perspectives from Baker Lake, University of Michigan Alumni Centre
- Noel au Chateau - Art inuit de la collection Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, Ontario presented at Chateau Dufresne
- Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel, Burnaby Art Gallery
- On the Land, The Arctic Circle
- Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics, Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
- Print Retrospective:1972-1982, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
- Prints by Luke Anguhadluq, Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
- Prints/Drawings by Parr of Cape Dorset and Anglosaglo of Baker Lake, Hugh Moss Gallery
- Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake, National Gallery of Canada
- Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens Drawings by Baker Lake Artists, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
- Qiviuq: A Legend in Art, Carleton University Art Gallery
- Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
- Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art from Canada, at Bunkamura Art Gallery, presented by the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology and The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
- Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper: Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections, Edmonton Art Gallery
- The Arctic/L'Artique, UNESCO
- The Bond Between Mother and Child, The Arctic Circle
- The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- The Drummer Stopped the Drumbeat, Houston North Gallery
- The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man
- The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Guelph
- The Oral Tradition, National Museum of Man
- The People Within - Art from Baker Lake, Art Gallery of Ontario
- The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- The World Around Me, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
- The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Three Artists from Baker Lake, Mazelow Gallery
- Tuu'luq/Anguhadluq, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs
- Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
Collections
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
- Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
- Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor
- Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
- Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
- Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton
- Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
- Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
- Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
- McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
- Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
- Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
- Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
- Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
- University of Alberta, Edmonton
- University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| FRIENDLY GREETING | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| MERMAID | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| A MAN AND HIS SON BRING THE CARIBOU ON HIS KAYAK | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| A MAN WITH HORNS | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| A TIME FOR CELEBRATION | 2010-06 (June 2010) | |
| ANGAGUK | 2007-04 (April 2007) | |
| ANIMALS | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| APRIL CARIBOU | 2014-11 (November 2014) | |
| ARCHER & CARIBOU | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| ARCHER AND CARIBOU | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| BEAR CATCHES SEAL | 2015-11 (November 2015) | |
| CALLING THE ANIMALS TOGETHER | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| CARIBOU | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| CARIBOU GRAZING | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| DOGS | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| DRUM DANCE | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| DRUM DANCING | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| FAMILY | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| FAMILY FISHING | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| FATHER AND BROTHER GOING HUNTING | 2020-10 (October 2020) | |
| FISHERMAN AND HUNTER | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| FISHERMAN AND THE WIDOW | 2015-01 (January 2015) | |
| FISHING | 2020-08 (August 2020) | |
| FISHING CAMP | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| FOUR FISHERMAN | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| FOUR FISHERMEN | 2012-04 (April 2012) | |
| GEESE IN FLIGHT | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| GRANDMOTHER WITH ULU | 2017-10 (October 2017) | |
| HOOKS AND SPEARS | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| HUNTER AND HIS KAYAK | 2021-06 (June 2021) | |
| HUNTER CARRYING KAKIVAK | 2015-11 (November 2015) | |
| HUNTERS RETURNING HOME | 2017-08 (August 2017) | |
| HUNTING CARIBOU FROM KAYAKS | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| INNAKATSIK, ANGUHADLUQ, KAVIK | 2007-04 (April 2007) | |
| KAYAK | 2008-11 (November 2008) | |
| KAYAK AND CARIBOU | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| MAN AND THE LAND | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| MAN AND WIFE | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| MANY FACES | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| MANY RABBITS | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| MERMAID | 2013-02 (February 2013) | |
| MUSK OX | 2013-11 (November 2013) | |
| MUSK OXEN | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| MUSK OXEN GRAZING | 2012-11 (November 2012) | |
| MUSK-OX EATING GRASS | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| MUSKOX | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| NUKATUGA | 2011-03 (March 2011) | |
| OLD CARIBOU HUNTER | 2025-07 (July 2025) | |
| OLD CARIBOU HUNTERS | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| OLD INNUIT COUPLE | 2019-12 (December 2019) | |
| OLD INUIT COUPLE | 2011-11 (November 2011) | |
| OLD MAN WALKING | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| OLD WOMAN | 2021-06 (June 2021) | |
| ON THE LAND | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| PURSUING CARIBOU BY KAYAK | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| QIVIUQ CROSSING OCEAN | 2010-06 (June 2010) | |
| QIVIUQ CROSSING THE OCEAN | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| QIVIUQ CROSSING THE RIVER | 2014-11 (November 2014) | |
| SEPTEMBER CARIBOU | 2008-10 (October 2008) | |
| SHAMAN ENTERING THE DRUM DANCE | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| SMALL ANIMALS | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| SMALL MAN | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| SOME TRIBES OF INUIT | 2021-06 (June 2021) | |
| STRING GAME | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| SUNWOMAN | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| SWIMMING CARIBOU | 2022-10 (October 2022) | |
| TETHERED DOGS | 2014-01 (January 2014) | |
| THE CARIBOU HUNT | 2017-08 (August 2017) | |
| THE DRUMMER STOPPED THE DRUM BEAT | 2014-06 (June 2014) | |
| THE FISHERMAN | 2007-04 (April 2007) | |
| THE MEN HUNTING CARIBOU IN KAYAKS | 2014-11 (November 2014) | |
| THE RETURN | 2021-02 (February 2021) | |
| THE TWO WOLVES FOLLOWING THE CARIBOU MIGRATION | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| THE YOUNG AND THE OLD | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| THREE FISHES | 2010-12 (December 2010) | |
| TRAVELLING BY FOOT | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| TWO FIGURES | 2018-11 (November 2018) | |
| TWO WOLVES FOLLOWING THE CARIBOU MIGRATION | 2017-11 (November 2017) | |
| UNITITLED | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2007-04 (April 2007) | |
| UNTITLED | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED (A FISH) | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| UNTITLED (CARIBOU HUNT) | 2019-05 (May 2019) | |
| UNTITLED (HUNGRY POLAR BEAR) | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| UNTITLED (MOTHER AND CHILD) | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| WHITE CARIBOU | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| WHITE CARIBOU, 1981 | 2023-06 (June 2023) | |
| WOMAN | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| YOUNG HUNTER | 2011-03 (March 2011) | |
| YOUNG HUNTER, | 2007-11 (November 2007) |