Emily Carr (Extraordinary Canadians) by Lewis Desoto; Introduction-John Ralston Saul - 2008-03-30

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Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008. 185 pp, 8" H. One of the "Extraordinary Canadians" series. Signed on the title page: "Lewis DeSoto." **Please note: this book is not illustrated. However, a previous owner has 'grangerized' it by taping in seven coloured reproductions of Carr's works throughout the text.** "Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveller, adventurer - she was also an original, a rebel, a free spirit, and a visionary mystic. She is one of those unique individuals, those few, who have created and articulated the symbols and images by which Canada knows itself. Lewis DeSoto, himself an award-winning novelist and painter, follows Carr's trajectory from novice art student to a mature and utterly distinctive artist. He argues that her powerful paintings encompass the many aspects of her life: the passionate engagement with the West Coast landscape, her determination to forge a modern Canadian artistic sensibility, her… Read More