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1871 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 1945 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Rain forest landscape, Indian villages and totem pole painting.
One of Canada's leading artists, Emily Carr worked with an Expressionist* painting style on native subject matter that was groundbreaking because it focused on capturing images of the vanishing First... Read full biography
One of Canada's leading artists, Emily Carr worked with an Expressionist* painting style on native subject matter that was groundbreaking because it focused on capturing images of the vanishing First Nations' culture of British Columbia, especially along the Coast Salish around Victoria and the... Read full biography
One of Canada's leading artists, Emily Carr worked with an Expressionist* painting style on native subject matter that was groundbreaking because it focused on capturing images of the vanishing First Nations' culture of British Columbia, especially along the Coast Salish around Victoria and the Nootka on the west side of Victoria Island. Although practicality intervened, her initial goal was to paint all the totem poles and villages of these Indians, but she did succeed in stirring ongoing... Read full biography
One of Canada's leading artists, Emily Carr worked with an Expressionist* painting style on native subject matter that was groundbreaking because it focused on capturing images of the vanishing First Nations' culture of British Columbia, especially along the Coast Salish around Victoria and the Nootka on the west side of Victoria Island. Although practicality intervened, her initial goal was to paint all the totem poles and villages of these Indians, but she did succeed in stirring ongoing awareness of their unique civilization and its meaning to Canadian heritage. Her interest in these subjects grew from living in Victoria, which had a large Indian population that initially had been crucial to survival of the white settlers, including the... Read full biography
One of Canada's leading artists, Emily Carr worked with an Expressionist* painting style on native subject matter that was groundbreaking because it focused on capturing images of the vanishing First Nations' culture of British Columbia, especially along the Coast Salish around Victoria and the Nootka on the west side of Victoria Island. Although practicality intervened, her initial goal was to paint all the totem poles and villages of these Indians, but she did succeed in stirring ongoing awareness of their unique civilization and its meaning to Canadian heritage. Her interest in these subjects grew from living in Victoria, which had a large Indian population that initially had been crucial to survival of the white settlers, including the Carr family, but later became discriminated against by succeeding generations of people they had helped. To the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Charcoal
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Weaving, Tufting, Tapestry and/or Handspinning, Design
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Totem Poles, Haida First Nations Culture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Cornwall, England
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •France After 1900
- •Northern California Before 1900
Art Association
- •British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
- •Canadian Group of Painters
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
- •Victoria Sketch Club, Island Arts & Crafts Society
Art Teacher
- •Amedee Joullin
- •Arthur Mathews
- •Bror.Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
- •Lorenzo Latimer
- •Mark Tobey
Art School
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
- •Westminster School of Art, London, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •National Historic Person, Canadian Government Award
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Canadian Group of Painters-
- •National Arts Club
- •Ontario Society of Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition of Special Group
- •British Columbia Women Artists, 1885-1985
- •Group of Seven Guest Exhibitors, Canada
- •Group of Seven: Art for a Nation, National Gallery
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Salon d'Automne