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Emily Carr was born on December 13th, 1871. She was a Canadian artist and writer, heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Emily's parents pass away, and Carr begins to persue art more seriously, because her father had always incouraged her to do so.
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For two years, Emily Carr attended the San Francisco Art Institute.
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Emily makes one of her first sketching/painting trips to the Nooka aboriginal villages.
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In 1899 Emily traveled to London, where she studied at the Westminster School of Art.
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Emily took on a teaching position in Vancouver at the "Ladies Art Club" that she held for no longer than a month — she was unpopular amongst her students due to her rude behaviour of smoking and cursing at them in class, and the students began to boycott her class!
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Emily traveled to the Queen Charlette Islands, and painted a carved raven in the Haida village, that is famously known as "Big Raven"
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Emily returned back to her hometown, Victoria, where several of her sisters still lived, when she wanted a break from traveling.
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During the next fifteen years, Emily ran a boarding house known as the "House of All Sorts"
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Emily exhibited in 1924 and 1925 at the Artists of the Pacific Northwest shows in Seattle.
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Eric Brown, Director of Canada's National Gallery, was sent to visit Emily in 1927. Brown offered Emily to send some of her work east, to be displayed in his Gallery.
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A fellow exhibitor from the Northwest art shows, Mark Tobey came to visit Emily in Victoria in the autumn of 1928 to teach an advanced course in her studio.
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Recognition of Emily's work began to grow as it was exhibited in London, Paris, Washington and Amsterdam. As well as major Canadian cities.
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Emily began to travel again throughout the 1930's. She visited the Nass and Skeena Rivers, as well the Queen Charlotte Islands. Emily also travelled to the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, and then up to Lillooet.
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In the 1940's, Emily began to suffer from serious heart attacks and strokes, and decided to settle down by shifting from painting to writing.
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Emily had successfully published six books in her lifetime, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of British Columbia.
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Emily passes away from natural causes in her hometown, Victoria.
