# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norval-morrisseau
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:43.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norval-morrisseau"
name: "Norval Morrisseau"
slug: "norval-morrisseau"
description: "Norval Morrisseau, also known as Copper Thunderbird, was an Indigenous Canadian artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation. He is widely regarded as the grandfather of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. Known as the \"Picasso of the North,\" Morrisseau created works depicting the legends of his people, the cultural and political tensions between native Canadian and European traditions, his existential struggles, and his deep spirituality and mysticism. His style is characterized by thick black outlines and bright colors. He founded the Woodlands School of Canadian art and was a prominent member of the \"Indian Group of Seven.\""
tagline: "Anishinaabe [Sand Point, Ontario] artist (1933–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Norval_Morrisseau.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1933-03-14"
deathDate: "2007-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.64
  momentum:             1.098881908348591
  historical:           10.65774933333334
  currentAttention:     5.56930693069307
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نورڤال موريسياو"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau"
    title: "Norval Morrisseau"
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    title: "諾佛爾·莫里素"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b00f8de4-832c-45d5-86c2-b7dd8b7aef86"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump