54/150: Emily Carr, A Room of Her Own

If you have ever browsed some of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s phenomenal Emily Carr holdings, you’ll be interested in the latest exhibition – A Room of Her Own, showing through early September, 2024. It features 25 works drawn from the Gallery’s Emily Carr Collection, the most comprehensive holdings of her work in the world.

This is a good time to brush up on the life and work of one of Canada’s best known artists, and one of the surest ways to do so is through the Art Canada Institute’s exceptional online biography, here. Also read a superb profile on the Musings From the Studio blog of Linda Cote, here.

The Vancouver gallery has an online overview of the exhibition (here)

And don’t skip the possibility of reading about her life in her own words. Emily Carr’s books are fabulous reads, especially her memoir – Klee Wyck, which won the 1941 Governor General’s Award and occupies an important place in Canadian literature.

NOTE: It is a true history experience to watch the 1946 National Film Board documentary on Emily Carr, entitled Klee Wyck. (Please note: The word “Indian” is no longer applied to her work – and has been expunged from the title of one of her famous paintings, originally called “Indian Church.”)

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition Site – A Room of her Own

Emily Carr at the National Gallery of Canada, here.

Emily Carr and the Group of Seven, here

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This is #54 in the series 150 Artists, an ongoing series on Canadian artists you should know.