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Emily Carr self-portrait [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

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Date:

ca. 1899.

Reference:

R11626-0-6-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3662516

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Emily Carr self-portrait
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Date(s):

ca. 1899.

Place of creation:

England

Extent:

1 drawing: charcoal on paper; 52.7 x 39.4 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Consits of a self-portrait drawing of Emily Carr, ca. 1899.
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Artist: Carr, Emily, 1871-1945

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
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Carr, Emily, 1871-1945 : Born in Victoria, B.C., Emily Carr studied art in San Francisco, London, and Paris. She taught privately in Victoria and Vancouver between her own studies and illustrated for the Victoria Week, 1905. Discouraged by lack of public response, she abandoned her painting for many years while she managed a boarding house, 1913-1936, raised dogs, and made pottery. Her work was exhibited by the National Gallery in 1927, when she travelled east and met the Group of Seven, including Lawren Harris, who encouraged her to paint again.

Ill health caused her to turn to writing in later years, encouraged by Ira Dilworth, Regional Director of the C.B.C. in Vancouver, who became her literary editor and confidant. Klee Wyck, published in 1941, won the Governor-General's Award for non-fiction and was followed by The Book of Small, 1942, and The House of All Sorts, 1944, as well as other works published posthumously.

See: Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, p. 2191-2; Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 2, p. 251-2.

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Custodial history:

The drawing was in the collection of Emily Carr's great-niece, Elizabeth Loren.
It was then purchased through a sale by the Heffel Auction House in Vancouver, B.C.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Artist's Mirror: Self Portraits. Venue: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta 2018.03.10 - 2019.01.06

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Portraits

Source:

Private

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2006-00250-3
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R11626]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, archival reference numbre R11626, e006078795
Copyright: expired
Restrictions on use: nil

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