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- Kane began a career as a sign and furniture painter at York, moving to Cobourg, Ontario, in 1834. At Cobourg, he took up a job in the furniture factory of Freeman Schermerhorn Clench, but also painted several portraits of the local personalities, including the sheriff and his employer's wife.
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Kane began a career as a sign and furniture painter at York, moving to Cobourg, Ontario, in 1834. At Cobourg, he took up a job in the furniture factory of Freeman Schermerhorn Clench, but also painted several portraits of the local personalities, including the sheriff and his employer's wife.
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Kane begann seine künstlerische Karriere als Schilder- und...
- Freeman Schermerhorn Clench
Paul Kane painted this portrait of Freeman Clench as one of...
- Kee-akee-ka-saa-ka-wow
In his field journal Kane records his encounter with the...
- Portrait of John Henry Lefroy
Scene in the Northwest—Portrait of John Henry Lefroy is...
- The Cackabakah Falls
Kane was but a passenger when travelling with the HBC...
- Medicine Pipe Stem Dance
In this painting Kane has chosen to depict a pipe stem from...
- Old Cox, Sandwich Islander
Old Cox, Sandwich Islander - Paul Kane - 52 artworks -...
- Fort Edmonton, 1856
Kane in his early days had copied a print (as yet...
- Kane Bull, 1846
‘Kane Bull’ was created in 1846 by Paul Kane in Romanticism...
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Kane began a career as a sign and furniture painter at York until he moved to Cobourg, Ontario, in 1834.
In the late 1820s, he worked as a decorative furniture painter in Toronto and later in Cobourg. He studied painting and made his living as an itinerant portrait painter. To broaden his skill in the use of colour, Kane traveled to Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice and London to copy the Old Masters.
Self-taught artist Paul Kane (1810–1871) travelled the Canadian Northwest with HBC and left a rich record of Indigenous and settler cultures. Read his biography here.
Jul 19, 2017 · Though entranced by the indigenous people living around York, he soon left Canada, spending five years touring America’s Midwest as an itinerant portrait painter, eventually voyaging down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.
May 22, 2008 · During that time, Kane worked as a decorator of furniture and also as a sign and house painter. In 1834, he exhibited nine works at the Society of Artists and Amateurs of Toronto, two of them originals and the rest copies.
Paul Kane’s interest was in his subject not technique, but his work left clues about his methods and tools. Read about his romanticized documentary style.
