Richard Hunt (born 1951, Kwakwaka'wakw, formerly "Kwakiutl") is a Canadian First Nations artist from coastal

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. Hunt was born in 1951 at

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, B.C., but has lived most of his life in Victoria, B.C. On his father's side, he is a descendant of the renowned Native ethnologist George Hunt. He began carving at the age of thirteen. In 1973 he began carving with his father Henry Hunt at Thunderbird Park at the British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria. Richard's brothers Tony Hunt and Stanley C. Hunt are also carvers. Richard Hunt designed the medals for the

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, which his grandfather

Mungo Martin Chief Mungo Martin or ''Nakapenkem'' (lit. ''Potlatch chief "ten times over"''), ''Datsa'' (lit. ''"grandfather"''), was an important figure in Northwest Coast style art, specifically that of the Kwakwaka'wakw Aboriginal people who live in the a ...

had given to Governor General Lord Alexander in 1946.

Honors

In 1991, Hunt was inducted into the

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. He is also a member of the

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. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria in 2004.The Ring, University of Victoria - April 2004, Vol. 30, No. 4 - Six selected for spring honorary degrees
/ref> He was made a member of the

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References

* Hunt, Ross (2007) "The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show." ''Anthropology News,'' vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 20–21. * Macnair, Peter L., Alan L. Hoover, and Kevin Neary (1984) ''The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art.'' Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre. ,
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, ''Through My Father's Eyes: The Art of Richard Hunt, March 16, 2000 to August 27, 2000''

External links

Richard Hunt
Official site.

Galleria Silecchia {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Richard 1951 births Living people 21st-century Canadian sculptors 21st-century Canadian male artists 20th-century First Nations sculptors Canadian male sculptors 20th-century Canadian male artists 21st-century First Nations people Artists from British Columbia Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw woodcarvers Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Northwest Coast art People from Alert Bay Totem pole carvers