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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

John Laporte (1761 - 1839)
John Laporte
1761 - 1839
Susanna Drury (1698 - 1770)
Susanna Drury
1698 - 1770
Brian O'Doherty (1928 - 2022)
Brian O'Doherty
1928 - 2022
Henry Allan (1865 - 1912)
Henry Allan
1865 - 1912
William Magrath (1838 - 1918)
William Magrath
1838 - 1918
William Wills (1828 - 1891)
William Wills
1828 - 1891
Nora McGuinness (1901 - 1988)
Nora McGuinness
1901 - 1988
Nathaniel Hill (1861 - 1934)
Nathaniel Hill
1861 - 1934
John Edward Carew (1785 - 1868)
John Edward Carew
1785 - 1868
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
John Ryan (1925 - 1992)
John Ryan
1925 - 1992
James Doyle Penrose (1862 - 1932)
James Doyle Penrose
1862 - 1932
Katherine Swift (1956 - 2004)
Katherine Swift
1956 - 2004
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852 - 1936)
Phoebe Anna Traquair
1852 - 1936
Richard Burchett (1815 - 1875)
Richard Burchett
1815 - 1875
Christy Brown (1932 - 1981)
Christy Brown
1932 - 1981

Creators Romanticism

Ernst Fries (1801 - 1833)
Ernst Fries
1801 - 1833
 N. F. Gilllet (XX century - ?)
N. F. Gilllet
XX century - ?
Pietro Aldi (1852 - 1888)
Pietro Aldi
1852 - 1888
Paul Huet (1803 - 1869)
Paul Huet
1803 - 1869
Armand Arsene Mannoury (XIX century - ?)
Armand Arsene Mannoury
XIX century - ?
Albert Kindler (1833 - 1876)
Albert Kindler
1833 - 1876
Constant-Joseph Brochart (1816 - 1889)
Constant-Joseph Brochart
1816 - 1889
Louis Derickx (1835 - 1895)
Louis Derickx
1835 - 1895
Semen Fedorovich Shchedrin (1745 - 1804)
Semen Fedorovich Shchedrin
1745 - 1804
Robert Stratmann (1877 - 1950)
Robert Stratmann
1877 - 1950
Martinus Kuytenbrouwer II (1821 - 1897)
Martinus Kuytenbrouwer II
1821 - 1897
Prilidiano Pueyrredon (1823 - 1870)
Prilidiano Pueyrredon
1823 - 1870
Robert Hunter (1715 - 1803)
Robert Hunter
1715 - 1803
William Holbrook Beard (1825 - 1900)
William Holbrook Beard
1825 - 1900
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Hesse (1806 - 1879)
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Hesse
1806 - 1879
Elias Pieter van Bommel (1819 - 1890)
Elias Pieter van Bommel
1819 - 1890