- Emily Carr was a female artist, particularly a painter and writer. She was born on December 13, 1871 in Victoria, B.C. She died in Victoria, in 1945. [see Growing Pains, p. 3]
- While running the House of All Sorts, Emily raised Old English Bobtail Sheep-dogs in the yards behind her house and surrounding her property. Emily raised 350 dogs all together. [see Growing Pains p. 233]
- She owned griffons. She also had a pet Javanese monkey (Woo), as well as parrots, and cats.
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Emily Carr. Their children, Edith, Clara, Elizabeth, Alice, Emily and Richard.
- Emily began to draw when she was eight years old. [See--"Emily as an artist" in the Writing section. See also Growing Pains, p.11]
- Emily walked to school, but we're not exactly sure what school she would have attended. It would have been a school in downtown Victoria or somewhere in James Bay. She dropped out of high school the year her father died, when she was 16 years old.
- Emily studied in San Francisco, England, and France.
- Go to Family Album section.
- The 'elephant' was the trailer that Emily used as her home when she went painting around Victoria. For example, her first camping trip was to Goldstream Flats. [see Hundreds and Thousands pp. 43-44, 49-58]
- The Group of Seven had a great influence on Emily's work, particularly Lawren Harris. [see Growing Pains, chpt. 'Lawren Harris']
Return to question page.
Return to Main index page.
