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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

Edward Quinn (1920 - 1997)
Edward Quinn
1920 - 1997
William Magrath (1838 - 1918)
William Magrath
1838 - 1918
Susanna Drury (1698 - 1770)
Susanna Drury
1698 - 1770
Richard Burchett (1815 - 1875)
Richard Burchett
1815 - 1875
William Osborne (1823 - 1901)
William Osborne
1823 - 1901
Robert MacBryde (1913 - 1966)
Robert MacBryde
1913 - 1966
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856 - 1918)
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
1856 - 1918
Eileen Gray (1878 - 1976)
Eileen Gray
1878 - 1976
James Barry (1741 - 1806)
James Barry
1741 - 1806
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
Jack Butler Yeats (1871 - 1957)
Jack Butler Yeats
1871 - 1957
Nathaniel Grogan (1740 - 1807)
Nathaniel Grogan
1740 - 1807
John Butler Yeats (1839 - 1922)
John Butler Yeats
1839 - 1922
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852 - 1936)
Phoebe Anna Traquair
1852 - 1936
Henry Jones Tadeus (1859 - 1929)
Henry Jones Tadeus
1859 - 1929
Richard Moinen (1856 - 1906)
Richard Moinen
1856 - 1906

Creators Romanticism

Mathias Gabriel Lori II (1784 - 1846)
Mathias Gabriel Lori II
1784 - 1846
Friedrich Loos (1797 - 1890)
Friedrich Loos
1797 - 1890
Joseph Eduard Telcher (1801 - 1837)
Joseph Eduard Telcher
1801 - 1837
Francis Danby (1793 - 1861)
Francis Danby
1793 - 1861
Moritz Gustav Müller (the Elder) (1841 - 1899)
Moritz Gustav Müller (the Elder)
1841 - 1899
Johann Bernard Klombeck (1815 - 1893)
Johann Bernard Klombeck
1815 - 1893
Jean Mazzella (XIX century - ?)
Jean Mazzella
XIX century - ?
Henry Murger (1822 - 1861)
Henry Murger
1822 - 1861
Johann Wilhelm Jankowski (Jankowsky) (1800 - 1870)
Johann Wilhelm Jankowski (Jankowsky)
1800 - 1870
Eugene von Guérard (1811 - 1901)
Eugene von Guérard
1811 - 1901
Karel Postl (1769 - 1818)
Karel Postl
1769 - 1818
Adalbert Stifter (1805 - 1868)
Adalbert Stifter
1805 - 1868
Hermann Seeger (1857 - 1945)
Hermann Seeger
1857 - 1945
Cornelis Petrus t’Hoen (1814 - 1880)
Cornelis Petrus t’Hoen
1814 - 1880
Wilhelm Friedrich Reuter (1768 - 1834)
Wilhelm Friedrich Reuter
1768 - 1834
Louis Le Breton (1818 - 1866)
Louis Le Breton
1818 - 1866
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