The Art Gallery of Hamilton presents Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr’s Coastal Landscapes, an exhibition of 38 masterworks by the celebrated Canadian artist on view through October 28, 2012.
Emily Carr Big Raven, 1931, oil on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Nature and Spirit: Emily Carr’s Coastal Landscapes traces Carr’s evolution as an artist and includes many of the painter’s recognized masterworks. The exhibition examines her artistic development from her early experiments with European modernism, to her powerful first encounters with Canadian First Nations art and culture, through her mature landscapes, to a final series of works from the period 1940 to 1942 when she returned to First Nations subjects.
The Art Gallery of Hamilton is the only stop in Eastern Canada for this significant new touring exhibition, which is organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Ian Thom, Senior Curator, Historical, Vancouver Art Gallery.
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