The Soul of the Artist: Emily Carr

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

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Chemainus Bay, Vancouver Island 1924-25 Emily Carr

There was another (unofficial) member of the famous Canadian Group of Seven. Her name was Emily Carr. Her art was recognized and supported particularly by Group of Seven member Lawren Harris who told her, “You are one of us.”

The seven artists that formally established the Group of Seven in 1920, did so in the belief that a distinct national Canadian art movement should be developed working directly from nature. You can see examples of their work along with notes about their lives in our article, “The Canadian Group of Seven.”

Millie Emily Carr (1871 - 1945) was born to English parents living in Victoria, British Columbia, the second youngest of nine children. She began to study painting seriously after the death of her mother when Carr was fifteen and her father when she was seventeen. Her studies took her to the San Francisco Art Institute, the Westminster School of Art in London and later the Acad…