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Painter, b. 1871 - d. 1945

Emily M. Carr, born 1871, was a Canadian artist famous for her paintings relating to the indigenous people and nature of Canada. When she was 18, Carr went to San Francisco to study art, after which she returned to Victoria. Emily Carr's paintings were originally in her self-named French Style, but were ahead of her time and not popular. Emily Carr's prints are unique because she was one of the only female painters in North America or Europe who created artworks around aboriginal themes.

The most famous ofEmily Carr's paintings feature totem poles and nature scenes. Carr was also a writer, and her autobiography that provided many insights into her life was published after her death. Emily Carr's art is for sale internationally, and her work is displayed in collections around the globe. Purchase vintage landscape paintings at online auction to inspire joy and appreciation for Mother Earth.

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          • EMILY CARR OIL PAINTING ATTRIBUTION
            Aug. 02, 2024

            EMILY CARR OIL PAINTING ATTRIBUTION

            Est: $1,000 - $3,000

            Framed oil on canvas on artist board of a country road scene in Autum with a barn and farmhouses with mountains in the background. One of Canada's leading artists, Emily M. Carr (1871 - 1945) was active in British Columbia and is known for Rain Forest landscape, Indian villages and totem pole painting. Provenance: This painting was acquired by a Goffstown NH estate in 1938 in Toronto at a museum charity. . Note: the style quite different than most of her paintings but the signature seems correct. Dimensions: 15" x 19 Image size

            New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals LLC
          • Emily M. CARR, 1871-1945 (Canada)
            Feb. 27, 2024

            Emily M. CARR, 1871-1945 (Canada)

            Est: £60,000 - £120,000

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945). Wind in forest, c.1930s. Oil on canvas, size 68 x 55 cm (26 3/4 x 21 2/3 inches). Signed lower left.

            Cultural Traditions
          • Heinz Laffin, small brown bowl
            Sep. 24, 2023

            Heinz Laffin, small brown bowl

            Est: $200 - $300

            Heinz Laffin was born in Germany in 1926 and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He took night classes at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University) studying with Robert Weghsteen among others. There he met Wayne Ngan as well as Leonhard Epp. Laffin and Ngan shared a house in Vancouver for several years and then, in 1967, the two friends moved together to Hornby Island. They jointly purchased a parcel of land and planned to build a communal kiln-equipped studio. The two remained close friends. Heinz Laffin made functional pottery throughout his many decades of creating, and sold it from his Hornby studio, just down the road from Wayne Ngan.

            4th Meridian Fine Art
          • Emily Carr "Old Time Coast Village" Vancouver Art Gallery fine art poster
            Jun. 04, 2023

            Emily Carr "Old Time Coast Village" Vancouver Art Gallery fine art poster

            Est: $60 - $80

            Emily Carr "Old Time Coast Village"is owned and reproduced by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

            4th Meridian Fine Art
          • Emily M. CARR (1871-1945), Attribué à Paysage de forêt
            Apr. 29, 2023

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945), Attribué à Paysage de forêt

            Est: €5,000 - €6,000

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945), Attribué à Paysage de forêt Huile sur papier, porte une signature en bas droite 61 x 50 cm Provenance : Collection privée, Bruxelles, Belgique Forest. Oil on paper, signed lower right 61 x 50 cm Provenance: Private collection, Brussels, Belgium

            Louiza Auktion & Associés
          • Emily Carr Print, Wood Interior
            Oct. 22, 2022

            Emily Carr Print, Wood Interior

            Est: $40 - $15,000

            Emily Carr Print, Wood Interior. Paper measures 16.75 x 11 inches W.

            Kavanagh Auctions
          • Emily Carr, Canadian (1871-1945), Raven, ceramic sculpted pot, 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (6 x 9 cm)
            Apr. 27, 2022

            Emily Carr, Canadian (1871-1945), Raven, ceramic sculpted pot, 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (6 x 9 cm)

            Est: $4,000 - $6,000

            Emily Carr Canadian (1871-1945) raven ceramic sculpted pot signed "Klee Wyck" to the base 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (6 x 9 cm)

            Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            Dec. 05, 2021

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $225 - $275

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed. Art.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Landscape Painting Signed E.M. Carr Possibly Emily Carr
            Feb. 27, 2021

            Landscape Painting Signed E.M. Carr Possibly Emily Carr

            Est: $3,000 - $6,000

            Landscape painting Signed E.M. Carr, possibly Emily M. Carr (1871- 1945). She was active/lived in British Columbia / Canada. Emily Carr is known for Rain forest landscape, Indian villages and totem pole painting. Frame measure 15" x 19", Canvas Board 10" x 14".

            RB Fine Arts
          • Emily Carr (CA 1871-1945) Totem Poles print
            Jan. 08, 2021

            Emily Carr (CA 1871-1945) Totem Poles print

            Est: $200 - $400

            Emily Carr (Canadian 1871-1945) Totem Poles with Northern lights giclee print on canvas in gilt frame 24 x 32"

            Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            Jan. 02, 2021

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed. Art.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            Dec. 07, 2020

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed. Art.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Decor Art - "Misty Leaves" on Barn Board
            Dec. 07, 2020

            Decor Art - "Misty Leaves" on Barn Board

            Est: $200 - $250

            This is a great piece of a close up of a tree and a fence. This has been produced to have texturization throughout the piece, and has a lot of eye appeal. This would work very well in a living room, or a dining room. This does not need a frame, and is ready to hang. This has been done on barn board.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily M. CARR (1871-1945), Attribué à Lac de forêt
            Oct. 24, 2020

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945), Attribué à Lac de forêt

            Est: €5,000 - €6,000

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945), Attribué à Lac de forêt Technique mixte sur papier, signée en bas droite 46,5 x 64 cm Provenance : Collection privée , Bruxelles, Belgique Forest lake . Mixed media on paper, signed lower right 46,5 x 64 cm .Provenance : Private collection, Brussels, Belgium.

            Louiza Auktion & Associés
          • M. EMILY CARR, DOGFISH POT, painted ceramic, 2.25 ins x 3.5 ins x 3.5 ins; 5.7 cms x 8.3 cms x 8.3 cms
            Sep. 17, 2020

            M. EMILY CARR, DOGFISH POT, painted ceramic, 2.25 ins x 3.5 ins x 3.5 ins; 5.7 cms x 8.3 cms x 8.3 cms

            Est: $10,000 - $15,000

            M. EMILY CARR DOGFISH POT painted ceramic signed "Klee Wyck" 2.25 ins x 3.5 ins x 3.5 ins; 5.7 cms x 8.3 cms x 8.3 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario Lack of money was a chronic condition for Emily Carr. Gerta Moray writes that “the comforts of material affluence” were never something that the artist enjoyed, explaining that beginning in 1924, “in her search for ways to eke out a living, Carr turned to craft production, taking up rug making and pottery as media through which her interest in native imagery could find a market.” Carr signed her pottery “Klee Wyck” which meant Laughing One, a nickname bestowed upon her by the First Nations people of Ucluelet. Carr writes about her experience as a potter extensively in her autobiography Growing Pains. She herself foraged for the clay, loading it into a pram to take home. There she would build up her objects by hand, losing many during the firings. She describes every moment of the firing as “agony, suspense and sweat.” Carr recalled “The small kiln room grew stifling. My bones shook, anticipating a visit from police, fire chief, or insurance man. The roof caught fire. The floor caught fire. I kept the hose attached to the garden tap and the roof of the kiln shed soaked.” Carr aimed to produce pottery in quantity, as the venture was a commercial one. However, given how difficult it was for her to make them and how few survived the firings, it is not surprising that so few of these objects remain available to present day collectors. The dogfish is a small variety of shark that inhabits the waters of Haida Gwaii. “Dogfish Woman” is a crest belonging to many of the Haida clans, and is related to a story of a female ancestor who could transform herself into a dogfish. This serves as a fitting design for pottery, a craft which requires so much earth and water to create. Literature: Emily Carr, The Complete Writings of Emily Carr, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 1993, page 439. Gerta Moray, Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr, UBC Press, Vancouver/Toronto, 2006, pages 277-280. Estimate: $10,000–15,000

            Waddington's
          • Emily Carr, The Pine Tree
            Jul. 26, 2020

            Emily Carr, The Pine Tree

            Est: $50 - $60

            Reproduced from The Pine Tree by Emily Carr, 1935 oil on paper. This piece is currently part of the permanent collecton at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

            4th Meridian Fine Art
          • EMILY CARR
            Jun. 24, 2020

            EMILY CARR

            Est: $200 - $500

            Serigraph on board. "Church in the Woods". 38 x 24".

            Dominion Fine Art & Antique Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            Jun. 02, 2020

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed. Art.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily M. CARR (1871-1945) Lac de forêt
            Mar. 28, 2020

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945) Lac de forêt

            Est: €5,000 - €6,000

            Emily M. CARR (1871-1945) Lac de forêt Technique mixte sur papier, signée en bas droite 46,5 x 64 cm Provenance : Collection privée , Bruxelles, Belgique Forest lake . Mixed media on paper, signed lower right 46,5 x 64 cm .Provenance : Private collection, Brussels, Belgium

            Louiza Auktion & Associés
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            Dec. 28, 2019

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed. Art.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            Oct. 27, 2019

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "War Canoe" Giclee Canvas
            Sep. 08, 2019

            Emily Carr's "War Canoe" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $360 - $480

            Emily Carr's "War Canoe" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Autumn Woods" Giclee Canvas
            Sep. 08, 2019

            Emily Carr's "Autumn Woods" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $360 - $480

            Emily Carr's "Autumn Woods" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Attributed to Emily Carr, 33 x 41 3/8 in. (83.8 x 105.1 cm)
            Jul. 10, 2019

            Attributed to Emily Carr, 33 x 41 3/8 in. (83.8 x 105.1 cm)

            Est: $700 - $900

            Attributed to Emily Carr, a hooked rug depicting a Thunderbird, c. 1915. 33 x 41 3/8 in. (83.8 x 105.1 cm)

            Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
          • Emily Carr's "War Canoe" Giclee Canvas
            May. 18, 2019

            Emily Carr's "War Canoe" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $360 - $480

            Emily Carr's "War Canoe" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Red Cedar" Giclee Canvas
            May. 18, 2019

            Emily Carr's "Red Cedar" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Red Cedar" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas
            May. 18, 2019

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $390 - $520

            Emily Carr's "Blue Sky" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr's "Autumn Woods" Giclee Canvas
            May. 18, 2019

            Emily Carr's "Autumn Woods" Giclee Canvas

            Est: $360 - $480

            Emily Carr's "Autumn Woods" giclee canvas reproduction. This canvas is in mint condition, comes gallery wrapped, and has never been framed.

            Oakwood Auctions
          • Emily Carr Cedar Forest Interior Gouache
            Dec. 02, 2017

            Emily Carr Cedar Forest Interior Gouache

            Est: $30,000 - $50,000

            Carr, Emily (Canadian, 1871-1945) Cedar forest interior, gouache on paper, measuring 34 by 22.75 inches, in a painted wood frame measuring 41 by 29 inches. Provenance: Purchased by Rebecca Frances “Penna” Drew Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA from Dr. Max Stern, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada.

            Concept Art Gallery
          • M. Emily Carr, KLEE WYCK
            Jun. 27, 2017

            M. Emily Carr, KLEE WYCK

            Est: $100 - $150

            M. EMILY CARRKLEE WYCK8vo., first edition, with signed note, brown cloth boards, Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1941Note:Includes a handwritten note in pencil from Emily Carr to the owner of the book.218 St. Andrews St., Victoria, B.C.Dear Mrs. Mackie,Will you please thank the members of the association in Toronto for their kind wishes and congratulations which I very much appreciated as I appreciate yearly the membership card they send me.I have not sent an exhibit list for some time. Mounting years and poor health make the seeing to shipping details burdensome but I have had a one man show in the Vancouver Art Gallery for the last four successive years so you see I still work in spite of war and indifferent health. Again thank you. Sincerely, Emily CarrEstimate: $100—150

            Waddington's
          • Attributed to Emily Carr, Canadian (1871 - 1945), The Lions, watercolour on paper, 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 4.8 cm)
            May. 19, 2017

            Attributed to Emily Carr, Canadian (1871 - 1945), The Lions, watercolour on paper, 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 4.8 cm)

            Est: $2,000 - $3,000

            initialled "M"

            Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
          • Emily Carr, Canadian (1871 - 1945), Klee Wyck bowl, ceramic, 1 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (4.1 x 9.5 x 6.7 cm)
            May. 10, 2017

            Emily Carr, Canadian (1871 - 1945), Klee Wyck bowl, ceramic, 1 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (4.1 x 9.5 x 6.7 cm)

            Est: $3,500 - $5,500

            signed Klee Wyck to the base

            Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
          • M. EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945)HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS: THE JOURNALS OF EMILY CARRBOOK (10.8” x 7.8” x 1.5”) - THE EDITION IS LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 42 (Also included are 12 reproduction prints (Each sheet, 10.5” x
            Feb. 02, 2017

            M. EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945)HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS: THE JOURNALS OF EMILY CARRBOOK (10.8” x 7.8” x 1.5”) - THE EDITION IS LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 42 (Also included are 12 reproduction prints (Each sheet, 10.5” x

            Est: -

            M. EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945), HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS: THE JOURNALS OF EMILY CARR, BOOK (10.8” x 7.8” x 1.5”) - THE EDITION IS LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 42 (Also included are 12 reproduction prints (Each sheet, 10.5” x 7.5”) PUBLISHED BY CLARKE, IRWIN AND COMPANY LTD. CANADA, 1966

            Waddington's
          • Emily M. Carr, Canadian (1871 - 1945), A Forest Landscape, charcoal, image size: 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (38.7 x 31.1 cm)
            Oct. 19, 2016

            Emily M. Carr, Canadian (1871 - 1945), A Forest Landscape, charcoal, image size: 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (38.7 x 31.1 cm)

            Est: $25,000 - $35,000

            signed and dated 1929 on verso

            Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
          • Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee 'Red Cedar' 18x12 unframed with C.O.A. - Folio
            Aug. 20, 2016

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee 'Red Cedar' 18x12 unframed with C.O.A. - Folio

            Est: -

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee 'Red Cedar' 18x12 unframed with C.O.A. - Folio

            Auction Network
          • Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee "Odds and Ends". Limited Edition with C.O.A. Approx. 12x18" Unframed with Original Issue Folio and Story.
            Aug. 17, 2016

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee "Odds and Ends". Limited Edition with C.O.A. Approx. 12x18" Unframed with Original Issue Folio and Story.

            Est: -

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee "Odds and Ends". Limited Edition with C.O.A. Approx. 12x18" Unframed with Original Issue Folio and Story.

            Auction Network
          • Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee "Trees in the Sky". Limited Edition with C.O.A. Approx. 12x18" Unframed with Original Issue Folio and Story.
            Aug. 17, 2016

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee "Trees in the Sky". Limited Edition with C.O.A. Approx. 12x18" Unframed with Original Issue Folio and Story.

            Est: -

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) Giclee "Trees in the Sky". Limited Edition with C.O.A. Approx. 12x18" Unframed with Original Issue Folio and Story.

            Auction Network
          • Emily Carr (1871-1945) 'The Klee Wyck Suite' and 'Into the Light' Edge of the Forest, Haida Village, Grizzly Bear Totem, Trees in the Sky. Matched #2/45 L.E. Complete with Presentation Folio with C.O.A. Image: 16x24" Estimated: $500-$1000.00
            Aug. 16, 2016

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) 'The Klee Wyck Suite' and 'Into the Light' Edge of the Forest, Haida Village, Grizzly Bear Totem, Trees in the Sky. Matched #2/45 L.E. Complete with Presentation Folio with C.O.A. Image: 16x24" Estimated: $500-$1000.00

            Est: -

            Emily Carr (1871-1945) 'The Klee Wyck Suite' and 'Into the Light' Edge of the Forest, Haida Village, Grizzly Bear Totem, Trees in the Sky. Matched #2/45 L.E. Complete with Presentation Folio with C.O.A. Image: 16x24" Estimated: $500-$1000.00

            Auction Network
          • M. EMILY CARR, BEAVER POT, painted ceramic, 3 ins x 3 ins; 7.6 cms x 7.6 cms
            May. 30, 2016

            M. EMILY CARR, BEAVER POT, painted ceramic, 3 ins x 3 ins; 7.6 cms x 7.6 cms

            Est: $10,000 - $15,000

            M. EMILY CARRBEAVER POTpainted ceramicsigned “KLEE WYCK” 3 ins x 3 ins; 7.6 cms x 7.6 cms Provenance:Private Collection, OntarioLiterature:Emily Carr, The Complete Writings of Emily Carr, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 1993, page 439.Gerta Moray, Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr, UBC Press, Vancouver/Toronto, 2006, pages 277-280.Note:Gerta Moray writes that “the comforts of material affluence” were never to be something that Emily Carr would experience. Lack of money was a chronic condition for the artist. Moray writes, beginning in 1924: “In her search for ways to eke out a living, Carr turned to craft production, taking up rug making and pottery as media through which her interest in native imagery could find a market.” Carr signed her pottery “Klee Wyck” which meant Laughing One, a nickname bestowed upon her by the First Nations people of Ucluelet. Carr admitted to being conflicted about appropriating native designs and symbols for her pottery. Moray notes “the greatest reward it brought was probably the excuse it gave her to spend time studying and working with First Nations designs.”Carr writes about her experience extensively in her autobiography Growing Pains. She foraged for the clay, loaded it into a pram and trundled home with it. There she built up her objects by hand and lost many to shrinkage during the firings. She describes every moment of the firing as “agony, suspense and sweat.” Carr recalled “The small kiln room grew stifling. My bones shook, anticipating a visit from police, fire chief, or insurance man. The roof caught fire. The floor caught fire. I kept the hose attached to the garden tap and the roof of the kiln shed soaked.” While she aimed to produce these pottery pieces in quantity as the venture was a commercial one, given how difficult it was for her to make them and how few survived the firings, it is not surprising that so few of these objects remain available to present day collectors.

            Waddington's
          • EMILY CARR LANDSCAPE PAINTING
            May. 22, 2016

            EMILY CARR LANDSCAPE PAINTING

            Est: $6,000 - $8,000

            CARR, Emily, (Canadian, 1871-1945): Wilderness Landscape by Stream, Oil/Canvasboard, 10" x 14", signed lower right M.E. Carr, framed, 15" x 19". Carr is one of Canada's leading artist's and who worked with an Expressionist painting style on native subject matter. This was considered ground-breaking because it focused on capturing images of the vanishing First Nations culture of British Columbia. She studied art and was an independent spirit in an era where that was not expected of a woman.

            Burchard Galleries Inc
          • EMILY CARR
            Jun. 02, 2015

            EMILY CARR

            Est: $2,000 - $3,000

            Canadian, 1871-1945, Thunderbird Bell, Polychrome painted red clay, signed "Klee Wyck" in paint, on the underside of the clapper; Restored, 3.5 in, 9 cm, high 3.5 in, 9 cm, diameter

            Walker's
          • M. EMILY CARR, FOREST CLEARING, oil on paper, 36 ins x 24 ins; 91.4 cms x 61 cms
            May. 26, 2014

            M. EMILY CARR, FOREST CLEARING, oil on paper, 36 ins x 24 ins; 91.4 cms x 61 cms

            Est: $150,000 - $200,000

            M. EMILY CARRFOREST CLEARINGoil on papersigned 36 ins x 24 ins; 91.4 cms x 61 cms Provenance:Private Collection, OntarioNote:Carr painted wooded landscapes in oil on regular excursions from her studio in Victoria. Working on manila paper, which was inexpensive and transportable, Carr created sketches like Forest Clearing in oil paints diluted with gasoline to the consistency of watercolour. She also invented a folding drawing board which simplified the handling of her materials. Happy with the results of this method, she remarked that she was "unafraid to slash away because the material scarcely counts. You can just paint and there's no loss with failures. I try to do one almost every day." Carr perfected this technique by 1934, her sketches also brightening in colour considerably. Sketches were finished in one sitting while perched on a camp chair and were not touched up afterward. Forest Clearing exemplifies these exercises, with its tall and wispy trees watching over the clearing and its optimistic colours suggesting that regeneration is near and inevitable. Every inch of the sketch is activated; something for which Carr strove throughout the later 1930s.After 1937, her reputation as a painter in eastern Canada steadily increased as a result of her participation in 14 solo shows prior to her death in 1945. Final significant sketching trips were undertaken in 1938 and 1942 when Carr's health was already failing. Forest Clearing thus dates from the height of the artist's achievements in painting.

            Waddington's
          • EMILY CARR
            Dec. 04, 2013

            EMILY CARR

            Est: $500 - $800

            CANADIAN, 1871- 1945; The Art of Emily Carr; Doris Shadbolt, 1980, Published by Clarke, Kirwin/Douglas & McIntyre. Special edition, cloth boards, leather bound spine with gilt-stamped title, contained in a fitted walnut box, the top inlaid with a carved portrait cartouche of Emily Carr, also included are six offset lithographs of Emily Carr drawings printed by Herzig Somerville in an edition of 250 copies of which this is number 216, signed by Doris Shadbolt. 15 x 17 x 3.5 in, 38 x 43 x 9 cm dimensions of box.

            Walker's
          • Emily Carr Dogfish Motif
            Sep. 22, 2013

            Emily Carr Dogfish Motif

            Est: $1,500 - $2,000

            Dogfish Motif

            Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
          • Emily Carr (Attrib.) Dogfish Motif
            Jul. 18, 2013

            Emily Carr (Attrib.) Dogfish Motif

            Est: $1,500 - $2,000

            Dogfish Motif

            Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
          • EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945)
            Jun. 27, 2013

            EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945)

            Est: $200 - $300

            EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945) INDIAN CHURCH; SAMPSON-MATTHEWS SILKSCREEN; SIGNED IN IMAGE LOWER RIGHT; ALSO SIGNED BY A.J. CASSON LOWER RIGHT (Cond. noted: spotted stains, scratch, tear - see photos) 40" x 25.3" - 101.6 x 64.3 cm.

            Waddington's
          • Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian oil on paper on
            May. 15, 2013

            Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian oil on paper on

            Est: $50,000 - $70,000

            Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian oil on paper on board Forest Interior 22 3/4 x 16 inches 57.8 x 40.6 centimeters signed and on verso titled on the Dominion Gallery label and inscribed with the Dominion Gallery inventory #D4178 Literature:Doris Shadbolt, The Art of Emily Carr, 1979, a similar circa 1936 Untitled oil on paper work, in the collection of the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, reproduced page 214 Emily Carr, Hundreds and Thousands, The Journals of Emily Carr, 2006, pages 265 and 273 Provenance:Dominion Gallery, Montreal The Collection of Dr. John A. MacAulay, Winnipeg Private Collection, Vancouver Emily Carr's depictions of inner forests ranged from solemn to tender and joyous, such as in this fluid, energized oil on paper work. In Forest Interior, painted in a free and expansive manner, Carr is attuned to the pulse of life. The foreground is lush forest undergrowth, which she described in her journal as "a sea of sallal [sic] and bracken, waving, surging, rolling towards you. Green jungle...solid, yet the very solidity full of air spaces." With her technique of oil washes on paper, Carr could work directly in the forest. She captured what she perceived with sweeping brush-strokes, finding "themes everywhere, something sublime...or joyous, or calm, or mysterious. Tender youthfulness laughing at gnarled oldness. Moss and ferns, and leaves and twigs, light and air, depth and colour chattering, dancing a mad joy-dance, but only apparently tied up in stillness and silence. You must be still in order to hear and see." This beautiful painting was once owned by the prominent Winnipeg collector Dr. John MacAulay, whose collection included the extraordinary Carr canvas Wind in the Tree Tops, which Heffel sold for a record price in June of 2009.

            Heffel
          • Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian oil on paper on
            May. 15, 2013

            Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian oil on paper on

            Est: $50,000 - $70,000

            Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian oil on paper on board BC Forest 16 1/2 x 22 3/8 inches 41.9 x 56.8 centimeters signed and on verso inscribed in graphite ""Miss Flora Burns $20.00"" and ""103"" circled Literature:Emily Carr, Hundreds and Thousands, The Journals of Emily Carr, 2006, page 185 Provenance:Private Collection, Victoria, possibly Flora Burns, friend of the Artist Galerie Agnès Lefort, Montreal Private Collection, Ontario Emily Carr's body of forest work is like an opera, sometimes with deep, serious tones, sometimes with light, high passages. In BC Forest, Carr chose to include an open foreground and view of the sky, and to make us aware of the atmosphere of the day. The playful wind makes itself known through the rollicking rhythms in the trees, diagonal lines in the sky and the bent-over tree in the upper left. In the open ground Carr delineates more directional movements - and the whole painting strikes a fine balance between vertical and horizontal rhythms. The whirling gesticulation of the gathering of small conical evergreens creates a joyous atmosphere. Carr wrote in her journals about the "frivolous pines, very bright and green...The wind passes over them gaily, ruffling their merry, fluffy tops and sticking-out petticoats. The little pines are very feminine and they are always on the swirl and dance in May and June." Whatever the mood of the forest setting she sketched in, she strove to strike the true chord of its expression, as nature was as a cathedral to her that she worshipped in.

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