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Eagle Rug
Emily Carr1924 - 1930
Royal BC Museum
Victoria, Canada
PERIOD / STYLE: Arts and Crafts (1913-1927)
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Details
- Title: Eagle Rug
- Creator: Emily Carr
- Creator Lifespan: 12/13/1871 - 3/2/1945
- Creator Nationality: Canadian
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Death Place: Victoria, BC, Canada
- Creator Birth Place: Victoria, BC, Canada
- Date: 1924 - 1930
- Physical Dimensions: w127 x h97 cm
- Artist's biography: Emily Carr, (1871 – 1945), is a renowned Canadian artist and writer. Though she lived and died in Victoria, British Columbia, Carr studied in England and France and travelled extensively throughout coastal British Columbia and Alaska, inspired by First Nations people, art and landscapes. Best known as a painter and author, The Canadian Encyclopedia has described her as a Canadian Icon. Carr’s professional and personal records, along with over 1000 works of art, are preserved and made available by the BC Archives, part of the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. These works span her entire career and include manuscripts, major paintings in oil and watercolour, drawings, cartoons and works in clay and fabric.
- Provenance: Royal BC Museum PDP1540; Purchased by the Government of BC, Victoria, 1945; Estate of the artist, Victoria, 1945
- Type: wool
- External Link: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/eagle-rug
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