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Haida Totems, Cha-atl, Queen Charlotte Island
Emily Carr1912
Royal BC Museum
Victoria, Canada
Details
- Title: Haida Totems, Cha-atl, Queen Charlotte Island
- 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: 1912
- 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 PDP560
- Type: painting: watercolour on paper
- External Link: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/haida-totems-cha-atl-queen-charlotte-island
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