Emily Carr As I Knew Her

Author : Carol Pearson
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771511742

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Emily Carr As I Knew Her by Carol Pearson Pdf

An intimate and heartwarming collection of memories that puts one of Canada's most beloved and iconic artists into a whole new light. In 1916, Emily Carr wasn't famous. She was poor, and she taught art classes to children. One of her students was seven-year-old Carol Pearson. Pearson spent hours every day with Carr: they painted together at the water's edge, and she helped care for the dogs, birds, monkey and other animals that Carr kept as pets. They grew very close, and at the age of 14, Carol moved in with Carr. Emily nicknamed Carol "Baboo," and Carol called her "Mom." The two were "mother-and-daughter" for twenty-five years, up until Carr passed away. This touching tribute to Carr illustrates a gentleness and sensitivity not seen in other biographies. Originally published in 1954, this very unique biography reveals Carr's personality more fully than any other.

Author : Kate Braid
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770706378

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Emily Carr by Kate Braid Pdf

As a child she was "contrary,"as a young woman she defied convention to choose art over marriage, and as a middle-aged woman she was considered a full-blown eccentric. Listening to her own inner voice, Emily Carr created an art unique to British Columbia.

Author : Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771622158

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Woo, the Monkey Who Inspired Emily Carr by Grant Hayter-Menzies Pdf

Although Emily Carr is now considered a Canadian legend, the most enduring image is that of her pushing a beat-up old pram into downtown Victoria, loaded with dogs, cats, birds—and a monkey. Woo, a Javanese macaque whom Carr adopted in 1923, has become inextricably linked with Carr in the popular imagination. But more than that, in her short lifetime Woo became equally connected to Carr’s life and art. Born to a strictly religious family, Carr was never able to reconcile her wild and passionate nature with the stifling mores of the well-to-do Victorian society in which she was raised. Over the years, she increasingly turned to the company of animals to find the love and trust missing from her human relationships. Across the world in an Indonesian jungle lagoon, Woo (like Carr) was parted from her mother at a young age. The tiny ape with a “greeny-brown” pelt and penetrating golden eyes was then shipped across the world. When Carr spotted Woo in a pet store, she recognized a kindred spirit and took her home. Woo was many things to Carr—a surrogate daughter, a reflection of herself, a piece of the wild inside her downtown Victoria boarding house. Welcoming the mischievous Woo into her life, Carr also welcomed a freedom that allowed a full blooming of artistic expression and gave Canada and the world great art unlike any other before or since. However, despite Carr’s clear love for Woo, her chaotic life did not always allow Carr to properly care for her. Tragically, after Carr was hospitalized due to heart failure, she arranged for Woo to be sent to the Stanley Park Zoo. Bereft of Carr, Woo died alone in her cage only a year later. Hayter-Menzies approaches his subject from a contemporary perspective on bringing wild animals into captivity while remaining empathetic to the unique relationship between artist and monkey.

Author : Lisa Baldissera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1487102321

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Emily Carr by Lisa Baldissera Pdf

Emily Carr (1871--1945) is one of Canada's most beloved artists. An independent woman and a Westerner who gained prominence at a time when female painters were not recognized internationally, her life and work reflect a profound commitment to the land she knew and loved. Carr's sensitive evocations reveal an artist grappling with spiritual questions inspired by the Canadian sea, land, and people. Although more than half a century has passed since her death, any artist who engages with the West Coast must contend with her legacy. Her paintings continue to inspire generations of artists. Along with the Group of Seven, Carr became a leading figure in Canadian modern art in the early twentieth century. Emily Carr: Life & Work traces the artist's trajectory from her life in Victoria, where she struggled to receive acceptance, to her status as one of Canada's most influential painters. With insight and intelligence, author Lisa Baldissera explores how although during Carr's life she endured hardship, personal isolation, and rejection, she persevered to create an iconic vision for the nation. This book explores how Carr travelled extensively, learning from European, American, and Indigenous forms and receiving formal training at art academies as well as from private tutors. In doing so, she continued to grow in artistic power as a result of her own intense observation and of her vigorous experimentation with a variety of methods and media, reflecting the fusion of wide-ranging influences. Baldissera reveals why Carr's art remains relevant today and its legacy interests many contemporary West Coast artists.

Author : Carol Pearson
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771511759

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Emily Carr As I Knew Her by Carol Pearson Pdf

Out of print for more than 40 years, this is an intimate and heartwarming biography that throws a whole new light on one of Canada's most beloved and iconic artists. In 1916, Emily Carr wasn’t famous. She was poor, and she taught art classes to children to make a living. One of her students was seven-year-old Carol Pearson. Pearson spent hours every day with Carr: they painted together at the water’s edge, and she helped care for the dogs, birds, monkey and other animals that Carr kept as pets. Carr nicknamed Pearson “Baboo,” and Carol called her “Mom.” The two were as close as mother and daughter for twenty-five years, up until Carr passed away. This touching tribute to Carr illustrates a gentleness and sensitivity not seen in other biographies. Originally published in 1954 and long out of print, this very unique biography reveals Carr's personality more fully than any other. With a new foreword by Robert Amos, Canadian art historian.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190189

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Klee Wyck by Emily Carr Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Klee Wyck" by Emily Carr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 1646 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0802058566

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Art Et Architecture Au Canada by Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson Pdf

Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781926741987

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This and That by Emily Carr Pdf

Once available and appreciated only by researchers, these stories remained buried in the British Columbia Archives until 2007. Finally, readers are given a new glimpse into Emily Carr's life with this collection.. Carr began to write these stories in the last two years of her life. She wrote of the project: ... they are too small each to be taken singly, but each, complete in itself, serves to ornament life which would be a drab affair without the little things we do not even notice or think of at the time but which old age memory magnifies. This collection illuminates her life and is available to all in This and That: The Lost Stories of Emily Carr. Enter Emily's world with stories like Father's Temper, The First Snow and Smoking with the Cow, stories in which she reveals details of her family life, school days, her fascination with nature, animals she loved and how she learned to smoke.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1926685660

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Emily Carr and Her Dogs by Emily Carr Pdf

This delightful book combines 25 stories about dogs with 16 playful drawings by famous Canadian writer, artist, and animal lover Emily Carr. She tells of her joys and tribulations raising Old English sheepdogs, from her decision to start a kennel to the sad day when she had to close it. With each story Carr brings the affectionate and loyal nature of her canine companions to life, making this book an ideal choice for any dog lover, child, or adult.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547040644

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The House of All Sorts by Emily Carr Pdf

Emily Carr in this book talks about her challenging days as a landlady with the parade of tenants causing distractions on her passion as a painter. The Canadian painter and writer reiterate how the building she purchased for living in pursuit of her passion became a place where she cleaned up other people's mess. Filled with over 40 incredible stories that both the old and young will learn from.

Author : Susan Vreeland
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015058207468

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The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland Pdf

Drawn to the danger & beauty of a vast wilderness & its people, Emily defies the wishes of her family, spurns suitors & establishes herself as an art teacher, venturing whenever possible along the wild coast of British Columbia.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190370

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Growing Pains (Autobiography) by Emily Carr Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Growing Pains (Autobiography)" by Emily Carr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Adam Shoalts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780143194002

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A History of Canada in Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts Pdf

Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction The sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be called “Canada” like it’s never been told before. Every map tells a story. And every map has a purpose--it invites us to go somewhere we've never been. It’s an account of what we know, but also a trace of what we long for. Ten Maps conjures the world as it appeared to those who were called upon to map it. What would the new world look like to wandering Vikings, who thought they had drifted into a land of mythical creatures, or Samuel de Champlain, who had no idea of the vastness of the landmass just beyond the treeline? Adam Shoalts, one of Canada’s foremost explorers, tells the stories behind these centuries old maps, and how they came to shape what became “Canada.” It’s a story that will surprise readers, and reveal the Canada we never knew was hidden. It brings to life the characters and the bloody disputes that forged our history, by showing us what the world looked like before it entered the history books. Combining storytelling, cartography, geography, archaeology and of course history, this book shows us Canada in a way we've never seen it before.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : OCLC:1011728734

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Growing Pains by Emily Carr Pdf

Author : Ian Dejardin,Sarah Milroy
Publisher : Goose Lane Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art
ISBN : 0864928696

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From the Forest to the Sea by Ian Dejardin,Sarah Milroy Pdf

Published in conjunction with the exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery on November 1, 2014-March 8, 2015 and Art Gallery of Ontario on April 11-July 12, 2015.