Emily Carr

Emily Carr

by DeSoto, Lewis

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"Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveler, adventurer-she was also an original, a rebel, a free spirit, and a visionary mystic. She is one of those unique individuals, those few, who have created and articulated the symbols and images by which Canada knows itself. Lewis DeSoto, himself an award-winning novelist and painter, follows Carr's trajectory from novice art student to a mature and utterly distinctive artist. He argues that her powerful paintings encompass the …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Emily Carr / by Lewis DeSoto ; with an introduction by John Ralston Saul.

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"Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveler, adventurer-she was also an original, a rebel, a free spirit, and a visionary mystic. She is one of those unique individuals, those few, who have created and articulated the symbols and images by which Canada knows itself. Lewis DeSoto, himself an award-winning novelist and painter, follows Carr's trajectory from novice art student to a mature and utterly distinctive artist. He argues that her powerful paintings encompass the many aspects of her life: the passionate engagement with the West Coast landscape, her determination to forge a modern Canadian artistic sensibility, her fascination with Indian motifs, and her spirituality. With bold strokes and nuanced shadings, DeSoto's portrait captures the genius of Carr, reminding us of why she mattered then, and why she matters now."--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin Canada
  • Place of Publication:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 185 pages ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780670066704, 0670066702
  • oclc:ocn858270589
  • LC Classification:ND249 C3

Table of Contents

ntroduction / John Ralston Saul -- 1: Meeting -- 2: Past -- 3: Victoria -- 4: Student of art -- 5: Canadian abroad -- 6: Vancouver -- 7: In the French style -- 8: Wild beast -- 9: How to be a woman -- 10: Female hysteria -- 11: Edge of nowhere -- 12: Great stillness -- 13: In the wilderness -- 14: Canadian artist -- 15: Lawren -- 16: Some ladies prefer Indians -- 17: Sophie -- 18: Animals -- 19: Face in the mirror -- 20: Painter -- 21: Loves of Emily -- 22: Her little book -- 23: Into the mystic -- 24: Failure and success of Emily Carr --25: Epitaph -- Chronology -- Sources.

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Subjects

Biographie (Descripteur de forme) Biographies Biography Carr, Emily collective biographies Peintres -- Biographies. -- Canada

Writers

DeSoto, Lewis

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