Menu: Norval Morrisseau, Canadian Native Ojibwe painter, born near Thunder Bay, Ont.. Order of Canada 1979. Now lives in BC. Biography; Cultural meanings and influences. Gallery of paintings. Daphn Odjig Beavon.Younger Woodland-Legend Painters: Blake Debassige, Leland Bell, Shirley Cheechoo, Tom Chee Chee, Martin Panamick ...

NORVAL MORRISSEAU Norval Morrisseau is the most original and important artist, native or otherwise that Canada has produced. Norval was the first to paint the ancient myths and legends of the eastern woodlands, stories previously passed down by the oral tradition. He spent his youth in remote isolation in northern Ontario, near Thunderbay, where his artistic style developed without the usual ...