{"id":21,"date":"2025-08-26T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:42:36","slug":"carlray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/carlray\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Carl Ray<\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #b7b7b7\">(1942-1978)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Cree Nation<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Carl Ray was born in 1943 at Sandy Lake Reserve in Northern Ontario. A founding member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/further-reading\/#pniai\">Indigenous Group of Seven<\/a>, Ray was an influential painter, illustrator and art educator in his short lifetime. Two additional founding members are also represented in this Art Path: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/morrisseau\">Norval Morrisseau<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/daphneodjig\/\">Daphne Odjig<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a child, he was removed from his home and placed in a residential school, from which he fled at 15-years of age. When he returned to the Reserve, he attempted hunting and trapping, but was not raised with traditional skills, and was unsuccessful in making a living. He worked in Red Lake at the gold mines, for several years, before he became ill with tuberculosis and was made to convalesce in Fort William. When Ray returned to the Reserve, he met Morrisseau, who was already a successful artist, and had just returned from his debut exhibition in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>In his early career, Ray worked with Norval Morrisseau on a mural for the Indians of Canada pavilion at Expo '67. Unfortunately, the mural does not survive, but Ray continued to paint large-scale murals on commission from Sandy Lake Primary School (1971) and at the Sioux Lookout Fellowship and Communication Centre in 1973.\u00a0 As a stunning representative and innovator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/further-reading\/#woodland\">Woodland style of art<\/a>, Carl Ray often incorporated the image of the Thunderbird in his paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Ray died, tragically, of knife wounds in 1978 when he was just 35 years old.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Works at Huron<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/carlray\/thunderbird\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"116\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/09\/Ray_Featured1.jpg\" alt=\"Carl Ray Thunderbird painting link image\" title=\"Ray_Featured1\" class=\"wp-image-551 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 170px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 170\/116;\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/carlray\/thunderbirdcreation\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"116\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/09\/Ray_Featured2.jpg\" alt=\"Carl Ray Thunderbird Creation painting link image\" title=\"Ray_Featured2\" class=\"wp-image-554 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 170px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 170\/116;\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carl Ray (1942-1978) Cree Nation Carl Ray was born in 1943 at Sandy Lake Reserve in Northern Ontario. 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