Weekly Artist: Emily Carr

I'm sorry this post is late, but last week's top voted Weekly Artist was Emily Carr! 

Emily Carr

Emily Carr was a Canadian painter born on 1871. Her first masterpieces were based on the indigenous people of Canada (the natives, etc). Later on in her life, her paintings depicted forests, trees and landscape rather than the native indigenous people. She went to Europe in 1910, and visited France to study art. While there, she was influenced by Post-Impressionism and Modernism styles of art. She came back to British Columbia, Canada in 1912.

Here are a few beautiful examples of Emily Carr's artwork!

Zunoqua of the Cat Village, By Emily Carr

This is an example of her aboriginal culture inspired artwork she did earlier on in her art career.

Autumn In France, By Emily Carr

This is some of her landscape/forest artwork she did later on in her life.

Totem Walk at Sitka, By Emily Carr 

This piece is quite interesting, as it represents some of her indigenous influenced art and combines it with the nature art she does later on in her era.

Interesting Facts

• Emily Carr was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• She grew up in a family that was originally born in England, thus raised by british tradition!

• Carr was not very famous during her life, and instead became more recognized shortly after her death

• She was a writer as well and published books in her later periods of life

• Her mother's name was Emily as well

References and More Information

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About Emily Carr

Hope you found that helpful for your Art Essay, or whatever it helped you in! :)

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