Sombreness Sunlit

Emily Carr1938 - 1940

PERIOD / STYLE: The Landscape (1933-1939)
INSCRIPTIONS RECTO (FRONT): Signature: EMILY CARR

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Title: Sombreness Sunlit
Creator: Emily Carr
Creator lifespan: 12/13/1871 - 3/2/1945
Creator's nationality: Canadian
Creator's place of death: Victoria, BC, Canada
Creator's place of birth: Victoria, BC, Canada
Creator's gender: Female
Date: 1938 - 1940
Physical Dimensions: w67.2 x h110.7 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 PDP633; Purchased by the Government of BC, Victoria, 1945; Estate of the artist, Victoria, 1945
Type: painting: oil on canvas
External Link: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sombreness-sunlit-2

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