Marilyn Jones | Emily Carr Chronicler

Emily Carr, Her Influences, and Her Paintings of Environmental Loss

Published: 17 July, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

Emily Carr is often described as an early environmentalist. She did not campaign for conservation in the modern political sense, nor was she involved in environmental organizations. Through her writings, paintings, and personal observations, she expressed a deep concern about humanity’s impact on forests, Indigenous villages, and the natural world. Her work anticipated many ideas that later became central to the environmental movement. Read more: Emily Carr, Her…

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How Marius Barbeau Helped Launch Emily Carr’s Career

Published: 15 July, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

The relationship between Marius Barbeau and Emily Carr was one of the most consequential in Canadian art history. Although they were never close personal friends, Barbeau became one of her earliest and most influential champions at a pivotal moment in her life. After decades of artistic struggle, financial hardship, and professional isolation, Carr was 56 years old when she finally caught the break that transformed her career and long eluded her.

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From Student to Exhibitor: Emily Carr’s Return to London at the Tate Gallery

Published: 13 July, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

Tate Gallery’s A Century of Canadian Art was one of the most important international exhibitions in the history of Canadian art. Organized by Canada’s National Gallery and opening at London in October 1938, it was the first comprehensive historical survey of Canadian art ever shown overseas. It introduced British audiences to the breadth of Canadian artistic achievement, from early colonial portraiture and religious carving to modern landscape painting by the Group of Seven…

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