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Emily Carr

Painter and writer · 1871-1945

Painted the forests and villages of the coast, was ignored for fifteen years, then recognized at 56.

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Life story

1. December 13, 1871 · Victoria, British Columbia
   Born in Victoria
2. 1912 · Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
   Travelled to Haida Gwaii and the Skeena villages to paint the poles
3. 1913 · Victoria
   Discouraged by indifference, stopped painting and ran a boarding house for fifteen years
4. November 1927 · Ottawa
   Shown at the National Gallery and met the Group of Seven; Lawren Harris urged her on
5. 1931 · Victoria
   Painted the deep forest canvases of her strongest decade
6. 1941 · Victoria
   Won the Governor General's Award for Klee Wyck, her first book
7. March 2, 1945 · Victoria
   Died in Victoria

In the timeline

• 1920 — The Group of Seven exhibit

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Emily Carr
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia