Paul Kane

Self-portrait of Paul Kane, ca. 1845

English: Paul Kane (1810 - 1871), Irish-Canadian painter. Made two trips through the Canadian Northwest 1845 - 1848, from Toronto to the Oregon Territory and back, on which he sketched extensively. Once back in Toronto, he produced more than 120 oil paintings from these sketches.

Français : Paul Kane (1810 - 1871), peintre canadien né en Irlande. Au cours de deux voyages dans le Nord-Ouest du Canada en 1845 - 1848, de Toronto au Pacifique, il produisit plus que 700 esquisses. Une fois de retour, il les transforma en plus de 120 peintures.

Deutsch: Paul Kane (1810 - 1871), irisch-kanadischer Maler. Unternahm 1845 bis 1848 zwei ausgedehnte Reisen duch den Nordwesten Kanadas, von Toronto bis an die Pazifikküste, während derer er mehr als 700 Skizzen der Landschaft und ihren Bewohnern malte. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Toronto fertigte er von diesen Skizzen ausgehend mehr als 120 Gemälde an.

Português: Paul Kane (1810 - 1871), pintor irlando-canadense. Fez duas viagens através do noroeste do Canadá 1845 - 1848, partindo de Toronto até chegar no território do Oregon e retornando. Durante o trajeto realizou muitos esboços de paisagens, de povos indígenas e seus instrumentos de uso diário. De volta a Toronto, produziu mais de 120 pinturas a óleo a partir desses esboços.

Oil paintings

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  Mrs. Clench, painted 1834-1836
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  George Gurnett, painted 1845
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  Indian camp at Ft. Colville
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  Métis Buffalo Hunt
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  Assiniboine hunting buffalo
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  Indian encampment on Lake Huron
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  Indian encampment on Lake Huron (photo)
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  Flathead woman with child (Caw Wacham)
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  Fort Edmonton
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  Scene in the Northwest (The Surveyor: Portrait of Captain John Henry Lefroy)
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  Wah-pus
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  Spearfishing at night
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  Eruption of Mount St. Helens

Field sketches

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  Canoes
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  A Chief
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  Ojibway camp on Lake Huron
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  Child in the process of having its head flattened
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  Caw Wacham
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  Winter Scene in the Rockies
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  Interior of a Ceremonial Lodge
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  Jasper's House
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  Encampment, Winnipeg River
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  Métis chasing buffalos
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  Wounded buffalo bull
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  Camping on the prairie
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  French River rapids
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  Ojibwa village
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  part of the Ojibwa village painting
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  Marcus Whitman

Images of Paul Kane

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  Self portrait, c. 1845
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  Studio photograph, c. 1850s
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  Studio photograph, c. 1860s
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  Oil painting by Frederick Arthur Verner, late 1860s