Emily Carr - Victoria 1871-1931 --- Fir Tree and Sky c.1935-36
In this extraordinary painting, a star of the National Gallery’s Canadian collection, Carr achieved the fluidity and grace of her works on paper, which she had executed in her improvised medium of oil paint mixed with gasoline. Here, though, she translated her experience of the forest and sky worlds into a sturdier medium with no loss of spontaneity or ethereal communion with her subject. The painting breathes.
Emily Carr - Victoria 1871-1931 --- Fir Tree and Sky c.1935-36
In this extraordinary painting, a star of the National Gallery’s Canadian collection, Carr achieved the fluidity and grace of her works on paper, which she had executed in her improvised medium of oil paint mixed with gasoline. Here, though, she translated her experience of the forest and sky worlds into a sturdier medium with no loss of spontaneity or ethereal communion with her subject. The painting breathes.