Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast

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Emily Carr, "Le Paysage," 1911

January 17 - 19     Curatorial Tours at 1pm & 3pm

Don't miss the last chance to experience Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing before it travels to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In celebration of the closing weekend, Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, will offer guided tours of the exhibition twice daily. Registration will be available in person on the morning of each tour. Space is limited. 

Audain Art Museum acquires 1912 Emily Carr masterpiece

A unique 1912 Emily Carr painting, entitled Street, Alert Bay, has been acquired by the Audain Art Museum (AAM) this week courtesy of the Audain Foundation. The masterpiece, with its brilliant colours and expressive details, is the newest addition to the AAM’s Permanent Collection of British Columbia art and will be placed on public display on Wednesday, December 18. One of Carr’s most historically-important oil on canvas productions, Street, Alert Bay, of 1912 depicts a compelling Kwakwaka’wakw community scene and is based on a 1909 watercolour by Carr entitled Alert Bay, Street Scene with Mother in Foreground.

A bold undertaking by the Audain Art Museum (AAM) uncovers new information about dramatic changes in Emily Carr’s approach to painting over the course of three critical years: 1910 to 1912. Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast investigates Carr’s momentous journey to France (1910-1911) that broke the bonds of her conservative art training.

Drawn from national and international public, private and corporate collections, this exhibition provides a rare opportunity for AAM visitors to view over 50 paintings, watercolours, and drawings by Carr, along with a selection of works by Carr’s instructors whose work directly influenced her artistic development. These include English painter Henry William Phelan Gibb, Scottish painter John Duncan Fergusson and New Zealand watercolourist Frances Hodgkins.

Co-Curated by Kiriko Watanabe, the AAM’s Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator and Dr. Kathryn Bridge

In conjunction with Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast, the AAM has developed the Emerging Artists Project presented by RBC. This new program will provide professional development opportunities for ten emerging artists through a series of dialogues with a group of museum professionals and art collectors. Call for Artists: AAM Emerging Artists Project presented by RBC