Emily Carr (1871-1945)
- painter, writer
- born in 1871 in Victoria, British Columbia
- studied art in San Francisco, England, and France before returning to Victoria
- summers on Queen Charlotte Island brought her into contact with the subject matter (Native culture and coastal landscapes) that would bring her recognition in later life
- was influenced by impressionism, Fauvism, and cubism,
but portrayed nature in a powerful style of her own
- paintings such as Rushing Sea of Undergrowth (1936, Vancouver Art Gallery) are characterized by intense colors and swirling forms based on the spiral
- Carr wrote a series of memoirs:
- Klee Wyck (1941) about her encounters with Aboriginal culture
- The Book of Small (1942) on her childhood in Victoria
- The House of All Sorts (1944) about keeping a boarding house and breeding dogs
- Growing Pains (1946) covering her entire life
- posthumous collections include:
- Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr (1966) provides insight into her artistic development
- The Heart of a Peacock (1953), stories and sketches, mostly of animals
- Pause: A Sketch Book (1953) about her time in a sanatorium in England (1903-1904)
- Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr (1966) provides insight into her artistic development
- Dear Nan: letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms (1990) edited by Doreen Walker
- books about Carr:
- The art of Emily Carr (1979) by Doris Shadbolt
- Emily Carr, a biography (1979) by Maria Tippett
- Sunlight in the shadows : the landscape of Emily Carr (1984) photography by Michael Breur, text by Kerry Mason Dodd
- The life of Emily Carr (1987) by Paula Blanchard
- Emily Carr (1987) by Ruth Gowers
- The magnificent voyage of Emily Carr (1992) by Jovette Marchessault, translated by Linda Gaboriau
- The Emily Carr omnibus
(1993) introduction by Doris Shadbolt
- more info at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
- more info at the Carr House
- even more information
- view her work
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