Tag: Emily Carr

Emily Carr: Who Is She?

Emily Carr: A Compelling Story I started this post intending only to feature one interesting and beautiful totem watercolor, but then I discovered the compelling story of the artist herself. As stated in summary by the Vancouver Art Gallery, “Her independence as a woman when domesticity was expected, her resolve to travel frequently and unaccompanied…

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Emily Carr: War Canoes, Alert Bay (1912)

  The Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection of nearly 200 works of art is a visual journey through the history of art from coastal British Columbia. Spanning from the 18th century to present day, the Collection contains one of the world’s finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations masks; a large collection of works by…

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Emily Carr: Forest Glade

“I sat staring, staring, staring – half lost, learning a new language, or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.” -Emily Carr   See Full Biography: Emily Carr: Who Is She?  

Emily Carr: Untitled forest scene (c1932)

  Emily Carr: On Jungles, January 1, 1936: “I painted one of the thick jungle sketches. Perhaps I am getting “junglier.” They won’t be popular. Few people know the jungle, or care about it or want to understand it. An organized tumult of growth, that’s what those thick undergrowth woods are, and yet there is…

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Emily Carr: Alert Bay 1912

Details Artist: Emily Carr  (Canadian) Title: Alert Bay Date: 1912 Medium: Drawing Materials: watercolour over graphite on wove paper Dimensions: 76.3 x 53.2 cm Source: National Gallery of Canada Also See: Emily Carr: Who Is She?  

Emily Carr: Cha-atl, Field with Pole,1912

From the collection of Royal BC Museum ALTERNATE TITLE: Cha-atl, Field with Poles PERIOD / STYLE: Early Totems (1911-1913) INSCRIPTIONS RECTO (FRONT): Signature: M EMILY CARR Also See: Emily Carr: Who Is She? Related links From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia @ Dulwich Picture Gallery DPG press release about Carr…

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