Emily (Canadian) Sartain Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1903 - d. 1990

Emily Sartain (Sartain is pronounced as if rhyming with “certain”) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 15 May 1903 - 18 July 1990

Emily was a traditional watercolor painter who prepared floral portraits with a delicacy and accuracy most other flower painters could not duplicate; a painter who achieved an exceptional international recognition within her lifetime that can be matched by very few other Canadian artists.

Emily Sartain changed the way that people in the Western world saw and thought about the wildflowers of Canada.