Emily Carr’s 1940 painting ‘Survival’ returns to British Columbia
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Audain Art Museum (AAM) in Whistler, BC, which has acquired a noteworthy Emily Carr painting, revealed it to media in downtown Vancouver this morning.
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Audain Art Museum (AAM) in Whistler, BC, which has acquired a noteworthy Emily Carr painting, revealed it to media in downtown Vancouver this morning.
- Titled ‘Survival,’ the 28 x 23-inch oil on canvas, signed by Emily Carr in 1940, had not been exhibited publicly for almost 60 years.
- This piece was one of four Emily Carr works in Canada’s debut at the Venice Biennale Internazionale d'Arte in 1952.
- “I was drawn to this important painting because of the subject matter, the late period in her oeuvre, and its distinguished provenance.