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Article: EMILY CARR EXHIBIT IN VICTORIA HONORS THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF A FREE SPIRIT.(Getaways)(SHORT TRIPS)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 16, 2001
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Byline: HILDA ANDERSONCOLUMNIST
EMILY CARR'S NAME is not a household word here in Washington state. But it may become one after folks view the terrific exhibit on this exceptional woman at Victoria's Royal British Columbia Museum.
Carr was a woman ahead of her time. She was born in 1871 in a house a few blocks from where the museum now stands and died in 1945 across the street from that house. In the intervening 74 years, she led a remarkable life and left a rich legacy.
Who was Emily Carr? She was an artist, an author, a lover of nature and animals, and a free spirit - all packed into a 5-foot-2-inch frame. She was a woman of enormous ...