Harold Pfeiffer, 1908-1997

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Crowe, Keith J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: Art; Artists; Biographies; Inuit; Pfeiffer; Harold Samson; 1908-1997; Arctic regions; Canadian Arctic; Taloyoak; Nunavut; Arctic; Spence; Spence Bay; Yellowknife; Chukotka; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64175

[Harold Pfieffer is best remembered for his bronze portraits of aboriginal peoples.] . He had a special empathy with elderly Native people such as his favourite model, Satkatsiak of the Spence Bay region, with her weathered face, tattoos, and tales of the old days, good and bad. Harold rightly saw h...