Emily Carr
Emily Carr was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She also was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her "complete candour" and "strong prose". Klee Wyck, her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and others written by her or compiled from her writings later are still much in demand today.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Victoria
- Educated at
- Académie ColarossiSan Francisco Art InstituteVictoria High SchoolWestminster School of ArtAcadémie de La Palette
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia🏆 Person of National Historic Significance🏆 Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction
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Trending topics shown first"I wonder will death be much lonelier than life. Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You can live close against other people yet your lives never touch. You come into the world alone and you go out of t…"
"Several dozen Emily Carr artworks are viewable through the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria."
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Timeline
1871
Born
Birth1945
Died
Death
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