Emily Carr was one of the most distinguished Canadian painters of the first half of the twentieth century. She is best known for her bold, colourful, Post-Impressionist style of painting, which was inspired by West Coast First Nations culture as well as by the natural beauty of her home province, British Columbia. Carr’s most lasting works — rich with Haida, Gitxsan, Tsimshian, and other Aboriginal imagery — were created in the latter part of her life. Her later work came as Aboriginal Canadians were beginning to reclaim their culture and identity.