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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

Gerald Davis (1938 - 2005)
Gerald Davis
1938 - 2005
Roderick O'Conor (1860 - 1940)
Roderick O'Conor
1860 - 1940
Nano Reid (1900 - 1981)
Nano Reid
1900 - 1981
Eithne Jordan (1954)
Eithne Jordan
1954
Christy Brown (1932 - 1981)
Christy Brown
1932 - 1981
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740 - 1808)
Hugh Douglas Hamilton
1740 - 1808
Sean Keating (1889 - 1977)
Sean Keating
1889 - 1977
John Behan (1938)
John Behan
1938
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856 - 1918)
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
1856 - 1918
John Lavery (1856 - 1941)
John Lavery
1856 - 1941
Thomas Hickey (1741 - 1824)
Thomas Hickey
1741 - 1824
William Leach (1881 - 1968)
William Leach
1881 - 1968
Robert Hunter (1715 - 1803)
Robert Hunter
1715 - 1803
Richard Mosse (1980)
Richard Mosse
1980
Markey Robinson (1918 - 1999)
Markey Robinson
1918 - 1999

Creators Romanticism

Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1665 - 1719)
Christoph Ludwig Agricola
1665 - 1719
Betsy Lewis (1786 - 1818)
Betsy Lewis
1786 - 1818
Ernst Gustav Doerell (1832 - 1877)
Ernst Gustav Doerell
1832 - 1877
Franz Pforr (1788 - 1812)
Franz Pforr
1788 - 1812
Jacob Johann Kirchhoff (1796 - 1848)
Jacob Johann Kirchhoff
1796 - 1848
Vespasiano Bignami (1841 - 1929)
Vespasiano Bignami
1841 - 1929
Hans Christian Hyllested (1794 - 1838)
Hans Christian Hyllested
1794 - 1838
Lazare Bruandet (1755 - 1804)
Lazare Bruandet
1755 - 1804
Alfred Morgan (1836 - 1924)
Alfred Morgan
1836 - 1924
John Linnell (1792 - 1882)
John Linnell
1792 - 1882
George Harvey (1806 - 1876)
George Harvey
1806 - 1876
Hubertus (Huib) van Hove (1814 - 1865)
Hubertus (Huib) van Hove
1814 - 1865
Thomas Luny (1759 - 1837)
Thomas Luny
1759 - 1837
Vicente Urrabieta y Ortiz (1813 - 1879)
Vicente Urrabieta y Ortiz
1813 - 1879
Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
Friedrich von Schiller
1759 - 1805
Hans Konrad Usteri (1795 - 1872)
Hans Konrad Usteri
1795 - 1872