Benjamin Chee Chee

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Benjamin Chee Chee

Born	(1944-03-26)March 26, 1944 Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 14, 1977(1977-03-14) (aged 32) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Field	Painting
Training	Self taught
Movement	Woodland School of Art

Benjamin Chee Chee, artist, of Ojibwa ^[1] descent, born Kenneth Thomas Benjamin at Temagami, Ontario 26 March 1944; died in Ottawa 14 March 1977.^[1] His early life was troubled and he lost track of his mother, who he spent many years searching for. He moved to Montreal in 1965 where he developed his love of drawing, moving back to Ottawa in 1973. He gained fame as he developed his unique style of clear graceful lines with minimal colour of birds and animals giving sense to emotion and movement. After finally finding his mother and achieving success as an artist, he committed suicide in an Ottawa jail.

Benjamin Chee Chee was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario.^[1]

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Evans, Alvin (2004), Chee Chee: A Study of Aboriginal Suicide (Hardcover), McGill-Queens University Press, ISBN 978-0-7735-2687-7

References

Evans, Alvin (2004), Chee Chee: A Study of Aboriginal Suicide (Hardcover), McGill-Queens University Press, ISBN 978-0-7735-2687-7

External links

Authority control	VIAF: 20771057 ISNI: 0000 0000 7373 0961

Persondata
Name	Chee Chee, Benjamin
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian artist
Date of birth	26 March 1944
Place of birth	Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	14 March 1977
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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