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Emily Carr 1871-1945

Emily Carr 1871-1945. The story of a remarkable Canadian Artist from British Columbia. Created by Mrs. R.M. Anderson. Why was she famous?. Had many jobs when most women did not work outside the home. Author. A very strange lifestyle. Influenced by the Group of 7. Painter.

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Emily Carr 1871-1945

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  1. Emily Carr1871-1945 The story of a remarkable Canadian Artist from British Columbia Created by Mrs. R.M. Anderson

  2. Why was she famous? • Had many jobs when most women did not work outside the home Author • A very strange lifestyle • Influenced by the Group of 7 • Painter • Painted remote Native Villages

  3. A long time ago Emily grew up in Vancouver. • Our street was called Carr Street after my Father. We had a very nice house and a lovely garden... Carr Street was a very fine street. The dirt road waved up and down and in and out. the horses made it that way, zigzagging the carts and carriages through it. The rest of the street was green grass and wild roses. There was a grand, wide open ditch with high grass by the sides. The cows licked in great mouthfuls to chew as they walked up and down to the pasture land at the end of Carr Street down by the beach. In front of our place Father had made a gravel walk but after our trees stopped there were just two planks to walk on." • --The Book of Small By Emily Carr 1871 -- Born December 13, Victoria, B.C.

  4. Emily had 4 sisters. They were bossy older sisters! Read about Emily’s Life in the book “Emily” by Susan Gaitskell

  5. Emily learns to draw • “ I wanted to draw a dog. I sat beside Carlow's kennel and stared at him for a long time. Then I took a charred stick from the grate, split open a large brown-paper sack and drew a dog on the sack. My married sister who had taken drawing lessons looked at my dog and said, "Not bad." Father spread the drawing on top of his newspaper, put on his spectacles, looked, said, "Um!" Mother said, "You are blacked with charred wood, wash!" The paper sack was found years later among Father's papers. He had written on it, "By Emily, aged eight". 1880 -- First drawing lessons.

  6. As a young Lady Emily went to Art School 1886 -- Death of Emily's mother. 1888 -- Death of Emily's father. 1890 -- Studying art in San Francisco.

  7. Emily had many different jobs. 1893 -- Teaches children's art classes. 1905 -- Cartoonist for The Week. Teaching in Victoria. Why didn’t Emily get married like most young ladies did then?

  8. She liked to paint the woods of B.C. Title: Wood Interior Date: 1909 Medium: Watercolour

  9. Emily learned about the French Impressionists Title: French Lace Makers (Women of Brittany Date: 1911Medium: Watercolour and Pencil 1910 -- Studying in France.

  10. She visited remote Native Villagesall by herself. Title: House Front-Gold HarbourDate:1912 1898 -- First trip to Ucluelet (Indian Reserve, west side of Vancouver Island). 1912 -- Six-week trip to Indian villages.

  11. The natives call her “Klee Wyck” which means “the one who laughs” • Title: Big Raven • Date: 1931 • Medium: Oil But Emily was worried that all the native art was fast disappearing. She tried to record it all.

  12. She ran a strange boarding houseand had to work hard to make a living. Her messy studio 1913 -- Return to Victoria: Hill House (House of All Sorts) established.

  13. She has all sorts of animals including a pet monkey. She liked to push them around in a baby buggy! A painting of Woo

  14. Emily really wanted to be an artist Date: c. 1925 Medium: Oil

  15. She lived in a caravan and went painting in the woods. Shocking for a lady of those times!

  16. She was worried about what was happening to the forests.

  17. Her forests are colourful.

  18. Her skies seem to move! Title: Above the Gravel Pit Date: 1937 Medium: Oil

  19. Title: Abstract Tree FormsDate: 1932 Medium: Oil Location: Vancouver Art Gallery Emily even painted some wild abstract paintings.

  20. Emily became a famous author 1940 Major stroke. Broadcast of Klee Wyck stories on CBC Radio 1941 -- Publication of Klee Wyck. 1942 – Last sketching trip: serious heart attack. Publication of The Book of Small.

  21. Emily met the famous Group of 7Canadian Landscape artists J.E.H. MacDonald 1873-1932Algoma Waterfall, 1920 She becomes good friends with them And they encourage her. • 1927 -- Travels to eastern Canada and meets Group of Seven.

  22. Finally people started to like her art Emily’s work sells for millions of dollars now! 1937 -- First heart attack. Very successful solo exhibition at Art Gallery of Ontario. 1938 -- Very successful solo exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery.

  23. Emily dies a famous Canadian Author and Artist Do you know why she is famous? 1944 -- Publication of The House of All Sorts. 1945 -- Emily's fatal heart attack, March 2.

  24. Emily Carr At Home and At Work http:///www.sbtc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/carr Paintings in Museums and Art Galleries:National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Virtual Museum of CanadaArt Gallery of Greater Victoria, British ColumbiaArt Gallery of Hamilton, OntarioSunshine and TumultArt Gallery of Nova ScotiaDeep in the Woods Art Gallery of OntarioGuyasdoms D'Sonoqua, 1928-30Indian Church, 1929 Art Gallery of OntarioRed Tree, C.1938McMichael Canadian Art Collection, OntarioOld Tree at Dusk, C.1936The Mountain, C.1933Edge of the Forest, C.1935Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QuebecIndian War Canoe, 1912University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, AlbertaUntitled (Cemetery In France), C.1911-12Virtual Museum of CanadaTree Movement Resources

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