Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman

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(left) Mattie Gunterman, "Mattie Gunterman hunting near Beaton, BC," 1905–07, silver gelatin print, printed by Henri Robideau, c. 1980–83, Collection of Henri Robideau

(right) Emily Carr, "Loggers’ Culls," 1935, oil on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Miss I. Parkyn, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman unites the work of two women artists practicing in British Columbia in the early twentieth century. Presenting the paintings of Emily Carr with forty-eight photographs by US-born photographer Mattie Gunterman, this exhibition draws on the Gallery’s deep holdings of Carr’s work to reflect her engagement and affection for BC’s landscape. Like Carr, much of Gunterman’s oeuvre reflects her engagement with the BC wilderness around her, which she documented after settling in the Province in 1898. Family, friends, trappers, prospectors, miners, and Gunterman herself are among the subjects featured, providing a fascinating look into her daily life.