Artist Dale Auger
Title Untitled - Bear Spirit and Teepee
Media oil on wood board
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.
Frame Size 15 x 18.75 x 1 in.
Sold $2,500
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
Notes
signed lower left; framed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Dale Auger ~ [1958-2008] Canadian
Born in High Prairie, Alberta Dr. Dale Auger B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D. was a prominent western Canadian and Sakaw Cree Indian painter, educator, author, and popular public speaker. His primary medium was acrylic paint and his subjects included portraits, figures, animals, and still life.
For more biographical information and examples of work see article at White Wolf Pack; see Mwakwa, Talks to the Loon, written and illustrated by D.Auger, Heritage Publishing, 2006 and Medicine Paint: The Art of Dale Auger, by Dale Auger and Mary-Beth Laviolette, Heritage House, 2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada