Emily Carr
Sign in to saveAlso known as M. Emily Carr, Emily M. Carr, Klee Wyck
Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945)
Key facts
- Born
- Millie Emily Carr , ( 1871-12-13 ) December 13, 1871, Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
- Died
- March 2, 1945 (1945-03-02) (aged 73), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Resting place
- Ross Bay Cemetery , Victoria, British Columbia
- Education
- San Francisco Art Institute Westminster School of Art Académie Colarossi
- Known for
- Painting, writing
- Notable work
- The Indian Church , Big Raven , Klee Wyck
- Style
- Post-Impressionism
- Movement
- Group of Seven (associated)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emily
- Family name
- Carr
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Victoria
- Place of death
- Victoria
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- landscape painting
- Movement
- Expressionism
- Official website
- www.emilycarr.com
- Image
- EmilyCarr.png
- Work location
- Canada
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- Commons category
- Emily Carr
- date of birth
- 1871-12-13
- date of death
- 1945-03-02
- Commons Creator page
- Emily Carr
- member of
- Canadian Group of Painters
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- artist files at
- Université du Québec à Montréal
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Encyclopedic overview
Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) 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.
Carr's keynote paintings, such as The Indian Church (1929), were not widely known in Canada at first. But her stature as one of Canada's most important artists continued to grow. Today, she is considered a cherished, even revered figure of Canadian arts and letters. Scholars and the public alike regard her as a Canadian national treasure and the Canadian Encyclopedia describes her as a Canadian icon. She has been designated a National Historic Person and had a Minor planet 5688 Kleewyck named after her anglicized native name (Klee Wyck). As one scholar in her 2014 book on Carr, put it, "we love her and she continues to speak to us".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emily Carr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.