(September 3, 1810 - February 20, 1871) was an Irish-born Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country.
A largely self-educated artist, Kane grew up in Toronto (then known as York) and trained himself by copying European masters on a study trip through Europe. He undertook two voyages through the wild Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848. The first trip took him from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie and back. Having secured the support of the Hudson's Bay Company, he set out on a second, much longer voyage from Toronto across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria in the Columbia District, as the Canadians called the Oregon Country. (September 3, 1810 - February 20, 1871) was an Irish-born Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country.
A largely self-educated artist, Kane grew up in Toronto (then known as York) and trained himself by copying European masters on a study trip through Europe. He undertook two voyages through the wild Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848. The first trip took him from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie and back. Having secured the support of the Hudson's Bay Company, he set out on a second, much longer voyage from Toronto across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria in the Columbia District, as the Canadians called the Oregon Country. (English)
Encampment, Winnipeg River Oljemålning Nr:: 72354 new23/Paul Kane-588836.jpg
June 10, 1846
Oil on paper
20.6 X 34 cm (8.11 X 13.39 in)
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Flathead woman with child Oljemålning Nr:: 91325 new25/Paul Kane-747459.jpg
between 1848 and 1853
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 75.7 x 63.2 cm (29.8 x 24.9 in)
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Indian encampment on Lake Huron Oljemålning Nr:: 92703 new25/Paul Kane-687398.jpg
Date 1848-1850
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 48.3 X 73.7 cm (19 X 29 in)
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The Surveyor: Portrait of Captain John Henry Lefroy or Scene in the Northwest Oljemålning Nr:: 93127 new25/Paul Kane-544874.jpg
winter 1845/46
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.9 X 78.7 cm (22 X 31 in)
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