His collection is made up mostly of local artists, most notably, Emily Carr and photoconceptualist Vancouver School artists.
To the Totem Forests: Emily Carr and Contemporaries Interpret Coastal Villages (1999)
Many readers also know Sanger for his measured criticism and insightful reviews of work by Douglas Lochhead, Richard Outram, Robert Bringhurst, John Thompson, Emily Carr and Elizabeth Bishop.
Emily Carr studied with Gibb in 1910-1911 in France when Gibb was an expatriate living in Paris, and it was during this association that Carr began experimenting with perspective, scale and colour, rather than remaining faithful to literal representations of natural forms.
Many well-known students including world renowned artist Emily Carr spent time with Sprott Shaw.
Emily Dickinson | Roy Carr | Emily Carr | Emily Blunt | Emily Brontë | John Dickson Carr | Bob Carr | Emily of New Moon | Emily | Alan Carr | Nicholas G. Carr | Nicholas Carr | Emily Young | Emily Watson | Roger Carr | Oba Carr | Liz Carr | Jimmy Carr | Ian Carr | Emily Soldene | Emily Post | Emily Pohl-Weary | Emily Mortimer | Emily Browning | Robert Carr | Lloyd Carr | John F. Carr | Emily's List | Emily Saliers | Emily Robison |
It is named after the name given by the Nuu-chah-nulth of Vancouver Island's west coast to Canadian artist Emily Carr.
The festival has hosted various local, Canadian, and internationally renowned performers, such as: Wynton Marsalis, Canadian Brass, Emily Carr, Adrienne Clarkson, Dizzy Gillespie, Marcel Marceau, Stephan Grappelli, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sharon Lois and Bram, and others.
They developed national support from writers and writing organizations across Canada demonstrating that the house at 1450 West 64th Avenue was regarded by many as having historical value and literary significance, similar to Berton House, Emily Carr House and the Haig-Brown Institute.
In the RiverBrink collection are paintings by many of Canada’s most significant artists, including Tom Thomson, Homer Watson, Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, Cornelius Krieghoff, Emily Carr, and members of the Group of Seven.
In this respect the work of Þorláksson and Jónsson played a role similar to that of the Heidelberg School in Australia (slightly earlier) and the Group of Seven, Emily Carr and Tom Thomson in Canada (a little later).