num_pages: 420
description: In her acclaimed novels, Susan Vreeland has given us portraits of painting and life that are as dazzling as their artistic subjects. Now, in The Forest Lover she traces the courageous life and career of Emily Carr, who, more than Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo, blazed a path for modern women artists. Overcoming the confines of Victorian culture, Carr became a major force in modern art by capturing an untamed British Columbia and its indigenous peoples just before industrialization changed them forever. From illegal potlatches in tribal communities to artists studios in pre World War I Paris, Vreeland tells her story with gusto and suspense, giving us a glorious novel that will appeal to lovers of art, native cultures, and lush historical fiction.
language: English
title: The Forest Lover
titlecomplete: The Forest Lover
characters: Emily Carr
genres: Nature, Historical, Art, Art History, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Book Club, Canada, Womens
ratings_count: 3536
places: Paris, British Columbia, Canada
publisher: Penguin Books