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EMILY CARR
After the American gold rush, Richard Carr and his family, who had
been living in California, went home to their native England before
returning to North America to set up residence in Victoria. Mr. Carr
made a fortune in real estate and owned many pieces of land, both
developed and undeveloped, in the James Bay residential area of
Victoria. He died in 1888, having outlived his wife by two years. His
daughter Emily was only 17 at the time. Shortly after, she went to San
Francisco, London and fi nally Paris to study art.
She returned to British Columbia around 1910 and began teaching
art to the children of Vancouver. She eventually went back to Victoria
and followed in her father's footsteps, entering the real estate busi-
ness. She also began travelling along the coast to paint, producing her
greatest works in the 1930s.
A unique painter and a reclusive woman, Emily Carr is recognized
across Canada as a great artist who left a unique stamp on the art
world. While the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria features a few of her
paintings, the Vancouver Art Gallery boasts the largest collection of
her works.
On Vancouver's Granville Island, an institute dedicated to visual arts
and design bears her name.
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