Emily Carr - Victoria, BC, Canada
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A monument honoring Canadian artist and writer Emily Carr is located at the intersection of Government Street and Belleville Street in Victoria, BC.
Waymark Code: WMZ7XY
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/25/2018
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A life size bronze statue of Emily Carr depicts Emily seated on a rock with her monkey Woo on her right shoulder and her dog Billie nearby. Emily is wearing a hat, jacket and dress. She is holding a pencil in her right hand and writing on a tablet. With her left hand she is reaching across her body to Woo on her right shoulder.
The sculpture was created by Barbara Paterson and erected in 2010 by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.
A nearby monument has a bronze plaque depicting an open book. The right side of the book is inscribed with her biography:
EMILY CARR
Born December 13, 1871 Died March 2, 1945
Victoria-born Emily Carr is British Columbia's most famous
artist. Her art and writings are recognized across Canada.
Emily grew up with a passion for art and a love of nature,
especially animals. After high school she studied art in
San Francisco. Later she travelled to England and France to
refine her style. A trip to the native village of Ucluelet in
1899 opened the world of Aboriginal culture that inspired
her to paint images of the vanishing totem poles in their
natural setting.
An art exibit in Eastern Canada in 1927 brought her to the
attention of a wider public. Carr's later paintings drew
inspiration from the deep forest itself, painted in vivid
strokes of colour. After 1939, when ill health curtailed her
painting, she turned to writing, winning the Governor
General's award in 1941 for Klee Wyck. She went on to
publish more books and win new recognition as a writer.
Emily Carr celebrated the British Columbia landscape in an
original and vigorous way, from the "turmoil of growth" to the
"space and glory of the sky." A person of deep spirituality,
she reflected upon nature and humanity. She is a kindred
spirit for all times.
"To have been permitted to give pleasure by writing and
painting the plain simple things of my life fills me with the
deepest gratitude."
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The right side of the book is inscribed:
"OUR EMILY"
October 13, 2010
Dedicated to honour Victoria's best-known citizen,
eminent artist and acclaimed writer, Emily Carr
[List of Donors]
Books by Emily Carr:
Klee Wyck
Growing Pains
The Book of Small
The House of All Sorts
Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
The Complete Writings of Emily Carr
Sister and I in Alaska
Emily Carr and Her Dogs: Flirt, Punk and Loo
The Heart of a Peacock
Sister and I: From Victoria to London