Paul Kane

About

Irish-Canadian artist who was famous 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.