Emily Carr: On the Edge of Nowhere
Mary Jo Hughes & Kerry Mason
Despite the isolating factors of geography, poor finances and failing health, Emily Carr was connected to the major cultural figures and movements of her time. This publication focuses on Carr’s influences and inspirations, including European modern art, the Group of Seven artists and First Nations artists. Emily Carr is revealed as an artist who combined a multitude of contemporary artistic concerns with her personal experience and her connection to the West Coast landscape.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (06/2010) 64 pp 40 col. ill. 8.5 x 6 in softcover 978-0-88885-360-8 $11.95 Can. $13.95 U.S. (10 euros)
Emily Carr : Nouvelles perspectives sur une légende canadienne
Sous la direction de Charles C. Hill, Johanne Lamoureux et Ian M.Thom
Cette publication puise dans les collections du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, de la Vancouver Art Gallery, ainsi que dans plusieurs autres collections publiques et privées. La publication réunit les points de vue d'une grande variété de spécialistes et d'auteurs et permet au lecteur de découvrir la vitalité phénoménale et la puissante imagerie de cette artiste.
Musée des beaux-arts du Canada (2006) 336 pp 300 ill. coul. 27.5 x 24 cm couverture rigide 0-88884-815-3 ($75.00) $9.95 (8 euros)
L'École des femmes : 50 artistes canadiennes au musée
France Gascon
Publication d'une exposition qui traite les œuvres de 50 artistes canadiennes parmi les plus connues, dont Emily Carr et Jana Sterbak. Avec notices biographiques et artistiques.
Publication of an exhibition regrouping the works of women artists from the museum's permanent collection. Gascon provides brief historical and artistic overviews of some of the country's most important artists from Emily Carr to Jana Sterbak. In English and French.
Musée d'art de Joliette (2003) 55 pp 69 ill. 28 x 22 cm reliure spirale 2-921801-26-4 $12.00 (10 euros)
The Birth of the Modern: Post-Impressionism in Canada 1900-1920 /
La Naissance de la modernité : Le postimpressionnisme au Canada d'environ 1900 à 1920
Joan Murray
Through a fascinating mix of historical documentation, critical reviews and personal correspondence, Murray tracks the tumultuous emergence of this "New Art" , the Canadian artists who championed it and the critics who fought it at every turn. John Lyman, David Milne, Lawren Harris, Tom Thomson and Emily Carr lept at the chance to escape outworn convention but the art they produced was slightly out-of-place in the evolution of world Post-Impressionism. Joan Murray is the author of numerous publications on Canadian art, specifically on the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. In English and French.
À travers un mélange de documentation, de revues d'époque, ainsi que de correspondances personnelles l'auteur trace l'émergence tumultueuse de ce "nouvel art", des artistes qui y ont participé et de critiques qui l'assaillent à chaque tournant. John Lyman, Davis Milne et Emily Carr ont bondi sur la chance de fuir les conventions démodées. Les biographies de dix-neufs artistes, des correspondances intimes, une bibliographie extensive, ainsi que 40 planches couleurs complètent cette oeuvre d'une contribution essentielle à la compréhension de l'histoire et de la culture du Canada. En français et anglais.
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (2001) 160 pages 10x8 in. 40 col. ill. hardcover 0921500483 $35.00 (Can./U.S.)
Comfort Zones: Textiles in the Canadian Landscape
Marijke Kerkhoven & Sarah Quinton
The fascinating story of the complex relationship of Canadians to their country and its environment is told through textiles. It is a story based not only on the search for personal comfort in a harsh environment but on the search for beauty and solace. Artists range from Albert Lohnes (b. 1894) to Emily Carr and Joyce Wieland. With analyses of individual works and artist biographies.
Textile Museum of Canada (2001) 32 pages 18 ill. (12 col.) 7x7 in. 0968441181 $10. 00
Emily Carr: To the Totem Forests
J. Stewart & P. Macnair
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1998) 978-0-88885-177-2 $7.95