The Raven and the First Men is a sculpture by Haida artist Bill Reid. It depicts the Haida creation myth. It was carved from a single block of laminated yellow cedar, beginning in the fall of 1978, and took two years to complete, with work completing on April 1, 1980.

Jan 9, 2020 · Bill Reid’s monumental sculpture, The Raven and the First Men, began as a miniature boxwood carving inspired by the works of 19th-century Haida carver Charles Edenshaw.

One of Bill Reid’s most iconic large-scale works, The Raven and the First Men, 1980, first emerged as a diminutive yet fully formed masterpiece, cradled in the palms of his hands. That tiny boxwood sculpture, The Raven Discovering Mankind in a Clamshell, was carved in 1970, during the three-year period Reid was living in Montreal.

Aug 17, 2021 · Bill Reid infused Haida traditions with his own modernist aesthetic to create both exquisitely small as well as monumental work that captured the public's imagination, and introduced a timeless vocabulary to the modern world.

William "Bill" Ronald Reid Jr. OBC RCA (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) also known as Iljuwas, [1] was a Haida artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. [2]

Bill Reid is one of Canada’s most distinguished sculptors. One of the greatest achievements in his illustrious career is the monumental sculpture, The Raven and the First Men. This sourcebook tells the story of how this masterpiece, beloved by Canadians and a favourite of UBC Museum of Anthropology patrons, came to be.

One of Haida artist Iljuwas Bill Reid’s (1920–1998) most iconic large-scale works, The Raven and the First Men is based on a tiny boxwood sculpture that he created ten years earlier, entitled The Raven Discovering Mankind in a Clamshell, 1970.

Dec 23, 2020 · Reid adapted Haida worldviews to his times, creating a body of work about power, resilience and strength. Bill Reid, The Raven and the First Men, 1980, yellow cedar, laminated and carved, 188...

This carving of Raven was carved by Bill Reid with the assistance of other artists out of a laminated block of Yellow Cedar. It was featured on the Canadian $20 Bill for a time. Carving started in the fall of 1978 and it was dedicated on April 1, 1980.

Nov 1, 2024 · The Raven and the First Men by Bill Reid display the whole, multi-faceted pattern of Haida cosmovision according to Descola's ontology view. The artwork, showing the raven trickster figure of the Haida Nation, mirrors Haida animistic tenet in the interconnection and mutuality of the human and supernatural realms (Descola, 2017).