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Norval (Copper Thunderbird) Morrisseau, Attributed: Fish - Norval (Copper Thunderbird) Morrisseau (First Nation/ Canadian, 1932 - 2007) Attributed: Fish. Acrylic on paper, signed below, unframed. Norval Morrisseau was one of the first native Canadians to adopt modernist styles. A self-taught painter, printmaker, and illustrator, Morrisseau created an innovative vocabulary, which was initially criticized in the Native community for its disclosure of traditional spiritual knowledge. His colorful, figurative images delineated with heavy black form lines and x-ray articulations, were characteristically signed with the syllabic spelling of Copper Thunderbird, the name Morrisseau's grandfather gave him.