Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton was a Canadian painter who was British Columbia's first professional woman artist. Despite the social limitations placed on female artists at the time, she made a noteworthy contribution to Canadian art and, in 1899, was the first woman to win the Prix Julian from the Académie Julian for portraiture. Pemberton also was the first artist from British Columbia to receive international acclaim when her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London (1897).
"Little Boy Blue" (1897) by Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959)
Emily Carr was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She also was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her "complete candour" and "strong prose". Klee Wyck, her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and others written by her or compiled from her writings later are still much in demand today.
Emily Carr House, 207 Government Street, Victoria – now a National Historic Site of Canada and a museum
Emily Carr, Breton church, oil on canvas, 1906
Emily Carr, 1930
Carr's The Indian Church, 1929. Lawren Harris bought the painting and showcased it in his home. He considered it Carr's best work. It was controversially retitled in 2018 by the Art Gallery of Ontario to Church at Yuquot Village
