Aron of Kangeq (born in
Kangeq
Kangeq or Kangek (Kalaallisut: "Promontory") is a former settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It is located on the same island that formed the first Danish colony on Greenland between 1721 and 1728.
History
As a ...
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South Greenland on April 9, 1822; died March 12, 1869) was a
Greenlandic Inuit hunter, painter, and
oral historian. His woodcuts and watercolors are noted for their depiction of Inuit culture and history, and the often violent encounters between Inuit and Danish colonizers. His storytelling is known to children's literature in Greenland.
Aron fra Kangeq
, Greenland.com
References
Greenlandic Inuit people
19th-century indigenous painters of the Americas
Inuit painters
Oral historians of indigenous American culture
1822 births
1869 deaths
Greenlandic artists
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