Canadian painter and author Emily Carr was born December 13, 1871, in Victoria, BC.

“Emily Carr is one of Canada’s best-known artists. Her life and work reflect a profound commitment to the land and peoples she knew and loved. Her sensitive evocations reveal an artist grappling with the spiritual questions that the Canadian landscape and culture inspired in her.”Lisa Baldissera
Emily Carr: Life & Work | Art Canada Institute

Birth Centenary of Emily Carr (1871-1945)
Issued by Canada Post in 1971
Designed by William Rueter

Forest, British Columbia, Emily Carr, 1931-1932
Part of Canada Post’s 1991 Masterpieces of Canadian Art 
Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier

Few artists impact the world equally with their paintings and paragraphs. Van Gogh was one, Emily Carr (1871–1945) another, and she was one of the first Canadian artists of national significance to emerge from the West Coast. During her life she felt her artistic career was a failure. Saddled with a sense of professional and personal isolation and rejection, she persevered and her vision of Canada is now iconic.
Emily Carr’s Life – Emily Carr Chronicles