John Allukpik

Inuit (1935 - 2015)
John Allukpik was an Inuit painter.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an acrylic painting work attributed to John Allukpik (1935-2015) was C$306 - paid for "Untitled - Man and Igloo" at Saskatchewan NAC in Regina on Sat, Nov 2, 2019.
ArtValue.ca has 3 auction art sale records for their acrylic painting results, with prices in the range of C$250 to C$500.

John Allukpik was born in 1935. He learned to paint in 1953 while recovering from a bout with tuberculosis. He stopped painting for a time but resumed 20 years later, maintaining an output of around 7 paintings per month. In his later years he painted from memory to render scenes of traditional life in the north. It was from a wheelchair the he completed a monumental mural for the Kugluktuk Radio Society, measuring 8 feet by 35 feet. He died in Kugluktuk on April 4, 2015.

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