RBCM Archives

Canadian art : an informal history : [excerpt]

AAAB3241
Item
1950-06-19 [date recorded]

Part of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation collection

SUMMARY: Talk by Lawren Harris, artist, about the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, and the National Gallery.;

Nan Cheney (left) and artist Emily Carr on porch of 316 Beckley St., Victoria

G-01984
Item
May 1938

The item is a black and white photograph of Emily Carr and Nan Cheney. The photograph was taken by Humphrey Toms in May 1938.

Three girls, Ucluelet

PDP00626
Item
1899

Part of Emily Carr art collection

One ink sketch on paper.

Raven or bird designs

PDP00898
Item

Part of Emily Carr art collection

Mask Sketches

PDP00858
Item

Part of Emily Carr art collection

Squamish Boy

PDP00905
Item
1908-1910

Part of Emily Carr art collection

One portrait of a boy.

Portrait Of Baby From Squamish

PDP00628
Item
[1906-1909]

Part of Emily Carr art collection

One watercolour portrait of a baby.

Sketch of Indigenous belongings

PDP00833
Item

Part of Emily Carr art collection

This sheet of paper includes several sketches of Indigenous belongings from Northwest Coast nations. It includes a Raven's rattle, a hawk rattle, a mask, a hat, a beaver, and other figures.

Monumental pole

PDP00834
Item
[1912-1928]

Part of Emily Carr art collection

One graphite drawing on paper

Figures in the style of Indigenous petroglyphs

PDP00830
Item

Part of Emily Carr art collection

Sculpin or Fish in Northwest Coast Indigenous Style

PDP00842
Item

Part of Emily Carr art collection

Chickens

PDP09010
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Emily Carr art collection

One ink painting of chickens.

The Town Clock

PDP05903
Item
1901 - 1902

Part of Emily Carr art collection

One page in sketchbook. Image depicts female figure with arms stretched out against the wind.

Emily Carr: A Stage Biography with Pictures / Herman Voaden

MS-1464
Item
1966

Part of Archives discrete item collection

The item is a microfilmed copy of a play by Herman Voaden, a Toronto playwright. It is called "Emily Carr: A Stage Biography with Pictures".

Emily Carr in her studio

D-06009
Item
1939

Part of Archives visual records collection

This image has been cropped by the photographer from original negative. Original negative and print in the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Table lamp and shade

PDP05255
Item
[1924-1928]

Part of Emily Carr art collection

A ceramic table lamp with shade made by Emily Carr based on her understanding of Northwest Coast Indigenous crest designs. The base is a beaver, a bird design is painted on the shade, and ceramic killer whales, or orcas, hang from the rim of the shade.