Paul Kane

Painter
BIRTHDAY
September 3,1810
Birthplace
Ireland
Age
Feb 20,1871,age 60
Birth Sign
Virgo
BIRTHDAY
September 3,1810 (age Feb 20,1871,age 60)
Birthplace
Ireland

About

Irish-Canadian artist who was their for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West.

Before Fame

He taught himself how to paint by copying European masters on a trip through Europe in the 1840s.

Trivia

Canada released a postage stamp in his honor entitled Paul Kane, painter in 1971.

Family Life

He had four children with his wife, Harriet Clench, whom he married in 1853.

Associated With

Like him, Patrick Swift was also an Irish artist.