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Paul Kane

Paul Kane was a nineteenth-century Canadian artist of Irish descent. He is known as a master of portrait, landscape and domestic genres. Paul Kane mainly painted paintings depicting the daily life of North American Indians, and his work is still the subject of study by professional ethnological scholars.

Paul Kane, a self-taught artist, studied painting while traveling in Europe. His fateful trip was to London, where, under the influence of the famous artist George Catlin, he decided to devote his career to describing the life of the North American Indians. Kane traveled extensively across Canada, producing hundreds of sketches and an illustrated book that became a bestseller and was translated into many European languages.

Paul Kane's work is considered an important part of Canada's cultural heritage. In February 2002, Kane's painting Scene in the Northwest was sold at Sotheby's in Toronto for more than $5 million, roughly 10 times the sale price of the artist's previous painting.

Date and place of birt:3 september 1810, Mallow, Ireland
Date and place of death:20 february 1871, Toronto, Canada
Nationality:Ireland, Italy, Canada, USA, England
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Genre:Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:Romanticism

Creators Ireland

Mildred Anne Butler (1858 - 1941)
Mildred Anne Butler
1858 - 1941
John Edward Carew (1785 - 1868)
John Edward Carew
1785 - 1868
John Burke (1946 - 2006)
John Burke
1946 - 2006
Sarah Purser (1848 - 1943)
Sarah Purser
1848 - 1943
Christy Brown (1932 - 1981)
Christy Brown
1932 - 1981
James Latham (1696 - 1747)
James Latham
1696 - 1747
Markey Robinson (1918 - 1999)
Markey Robinson
1918 - 1999
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856 - 1918)
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
1856 - 1918
Robert MacBryde (1913 - 1966)
Robert MacBryde
1913 - 1966
Richard Mosse (1980)
Richard Mosse
1980
Richard Moinen (1856 - 1906)
Richard Moinen
1856 - 1906
Evie Sydney Hone (1894 - 1955)
Evie Sydney Hone
1894 - 1955
Martin Archer Shee (1769 - 1850)
Martin Archer Shee
1769 - 1850
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
Brian O'Doherty (1928 - 2022)
Brian O'Doherty
1928 - 2022
Robert Gibbings (1889 - 1958)
Robert Gibbings
1889 - 1958

Creators Romanticism

Henry Fuseli (1741 - 1825)
Henry Fuseli
1741 - 1825
Samuel Relf (1776 - 1823)
Samuel Relf
1776 - 1823
George Edwards (1694 - 1773)
George Edwards
1694 - 1773
Petrus Johannes Schotel (1808 - 1865)
Petrus Johannes Schotel
1808 - 1865
Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
Bedřich Smetana
1824 - 1884
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824 - 1903)
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch
1824 - 1903
Arnold Ludwig August Overbeck (1831 - 1899)
Arnold Ludwig August Overbeck
1831 - 1899
Ferdinand Leeke (1859 - 1937)
Ferdinand Leeke
1859 - 1937
George Clint (1770 - 1854)
George Clint
1770 - 1854
Léon Germain Pelouse (1838 - 1891)
Léon Germain Pelouse
1838 - 1891
Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881)
Samuel Palmer
1805 - 1881
Heinrich Steinike (1825 - 1909)
Heinrich Steinike
1825 - 1909
Adolphe Hervier (1818 - 1879)
Adolphe Hervier
1818 - 1879
John Cleveley (1747 - 1786)
John Cleveley
1747 - 1786
Jean Laronze (1852 - 1937)
Jean Laronze
1852 - 1937
Jakob Samuel Weibel (1771 - 1846)
Jakob Samuel Weibel
1771 - 1846