Breton Farm Yard
Emily Carr · 1911
Why it's great
A farmyard in Brittany, with old buildings and the glow of sunlight. Emily Carr painted this during her time in France. The bright colors show she was learning from the modern painters there. She would later bring these lessons home to Canada.
Where to see it
📍 McMichael Canadian Art CollectionVaughan, Canada
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Emily Carr was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and studied art in San Francisco, London and France. She became famous for her paintings of the forests, totem poles and Indigenous villages of the Pacific coast. She was also a writer and lived with many pets. She died in Victoria in 1945.
