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hello i’m kerri mason i teach history

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and art at the university of victoria my

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specialty is Emily Carr and northwest

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coast art for this brief video I’m going

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to focus on one chapter of my cars

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fascinating life and works her mature

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period it begins with Emily cars

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participation in the exhibition of West

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Coast art in December 1927 where she

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meets the group of seven and the period

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ends with her death march second 1945 of

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the group of seven Lauren Harris in

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particular had a profound effect on her

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his painting she said spoke to her very

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soul he encouraged her to simplify her

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forms eliminate the non-essentials and

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exaggerate the important his enthusiasm

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for her work boosted her confidence the

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support and encouragement from all the

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members of the group of seven helped

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propel her to the height she achieved in

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the late 1920s car was also influenced

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by the American abstractionist mark

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tobey who shared his enthusiasm for

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Brock Picasso and cubism in general with

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Toby car concentrated on creating more

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contrast in her work and also

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experimented in breaking the subject

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into geometric forms two works from the

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art gallery of Greater Victoria which

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predate cars mature period illuminate

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themes and styles as well as subject

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matter of her later works totem walk

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Sitka a 1907 watercolor from her trip to

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Alaska is an example of cars early

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Academy based representational style and

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also an early example of two of the main

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themes in cars work which come to full

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expression in her mature period First

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Nations subject matter and forest

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landscapes we see in Brittany coast a

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wonderful watercolor in which car has

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embraced post-impressionism in the loose

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of vigorous brushwork vibrant color and

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realization of light in fauve style she

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has made the leap from a detailed

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realistic study to an emotional

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spontaneous response the lessons learned

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of France

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come through and cars much later and

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exuberant paintings of broom Beacon Hill

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Park and the sky paintings such as sea

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and sky all of which were painted in the

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last 15 years of her life above the

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gravel pit is another oil on paperwork

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where we see the quick brush strokes

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rich color disregard for detail and

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supreme manifestation of emotion in the

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energetic composition these 1930s to

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1945 paintings are all spiritual

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paintings many are ecstatic expressions

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of cars personal connection with God for

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car nature was the manifestation of God

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and paintings of the sky and forest

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landscapes of her mature period are

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celebrations of this Emily cars death at

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the age of 73 marked the passing of a

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courageous vibrant woman whose talents

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live on in the legacy of her writings

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and art at the time of her death Emily

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Carr was recognized as Canada’s foremost

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woman artist writer today her stature as

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one of Canada’s greatest artists

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continues to grow

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