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Birth
1871 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Death
1945
Lived/Active
British Columbia / Canada
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rain forests, rain forest, Indian villages and totem pole painting
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One of Canada's leading female artists, Emily Carr was a painter whose
work reflected her Canadian culture of a vanishing Indian civilization
and dramatic coastal landscape. She created dark, imposing
landscapes that reflect Fauvist colors and her own vitality.
However, she was most noted for her totem figures, paintings of totems
that she saw in museums and native villages. She was also a
writer and did a series of autobiographies that brought her attention.
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