Cross Stitch a Work of Art by Benjamin Chee Chee


Benjamin
Chee Chee








"Colours You Can
Count On"



Born in Temagami, Ontario, Chee Chee largely taught himself to draw and paint. His father died when he was two months old and he lost lost track of his mother. One reason behind his drive for success as a painter was his ambition to be reunited with her.

Benjamin was a unique Ojibwa artist. He was a prominant member of the second generation of Woodland Indian painters, a native art movement that began in the early nineteen-sixties and has since become one of the most important art schools in Canada. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he painted in a style influenced by modern abstraction. While most of the young Woodland Indian artists were content to follow the style of the movements founder, Norval Morrisseau, in depicting myths and legends by direct and "primative" narrative means, Chee Chee pursued a more economical graphic style, a reduction of line and image more in keeping with the mainstream of modern art.

In 1977, at the of thirty-two and at the height of a new found success as an artist and printmaker, Chee Chee died tragically by committing suicide.


Counted Cross Stitch Chart

Stitch Count 198 x 154
Stitched on 32 count
"Antique White" or "White"
Belfast Linen (over 2)

Design area 12.4" x 9.6"
Includes 3/4 stitches
WAIT FOR ME

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FRIENDS

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Counted Cross Stitch Chart

Stitch Count 138 x 186
Stitched on 32 count
"Antique White" or "White"
Belfast Linen (over 2)

Design area 8.6" x 11.6"
Includes 3/4 stitches

Counted Cross Stitch Chart

Stitch Count 177 x 150
Stitched on 32 count
"Antique White" or "White"
Belfast Linen (over 2)

Design area 11.1" x9.4"
Includes 3/4 stitches
LEARNING

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MOTHER & CHILD

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Counted Cross Stitch Chart

Stitch Count 175 x 153
Stitched on 32 count
"Antique White" or "White"
Belfast Linen (over 2)

Design area 10.9" x 9.6"
Includes 3/4 stitches

These charts have been produced under licence and with the approval of the Estate of Benjamin Chee Chee
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