Emily’s father, Richard Carr was born in Beckley, England on July 16, 1818, the youngest of thirteen children. His father Thomas Carr was a tradesman and did not provide any formal schooling for Richard. When he was 19, Richard sailed on a ship to the New World, America. Homesick…
In the first session of my ten-part series on Emily Carr at Cook Street Activity Centre on October 8, I asked participants to name their favourite Carr painting. Each had a different choice—proof of Carr’s broad and lasting appeal. I shared mine: Happiness (1938–1939). A week later, I received…
Emily Carr wrote sporadically throughout her life, but in 1928 she drove herself relentlessly in both painting and writing. But a heart attack in 1937 and her doctor’s orders forced her to curtail her painting. She began to focus more on her writing. By then, she had take two…
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