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Paul Kane

1810 - 1871

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Paul Kane (September 3, 1810 – February 20, 1871) was an Irish-born Canadian painter whose paintings and especially field sketches were known as one of the first visual documents of Western indigenous life. A largely self-educated artist, Paul Kane grew up in York, Upper Canada (now Toronto) and trained himself by copying European masters on a "Grand Tour" study trip through Europe. He undertook two voyages through the Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Kane has received more than 179,728 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul Kane is the 1,644th most popular painter (down from 1,444th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paul Kane ranks 1,644 out of 2,023. Before him are Karl von Blaas, Sisto Badalocchio, Juan Manuel Blanes, Clive Bell, Antón Lamazares, and Olja Ivanjicki. After him are Hieronymus Cock, Maurice Boitel, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Nicolaas Pieneman, Joos van Craesbeeck, and Konrad Mägi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Paul Kane ranks 76. Before him are Eliza McCardle Johnson, Fritz Reuter, Félicien David, William Froude, Alexander Bain, and Baron Ignaz von Plener. After him are Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Johan August Wahlberg, Louis Fraser, Little Crow, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and José María de Achá. Among people deceased in 1871, Paul Kane ranks 56. Before him are Stand Watie, İbrahim Şinasi, Charles Antoine Lemaire, Alexander Serov, Castro Alves, and Robert Chambers. After him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Jan Jacob Rochussen, Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine, Paolo Savi, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, and Adolph Strecker.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Paul Kane ranks 189 out of 549. Before him are Richard Kirwan (1733), Joshua Pim (1869), Richard Steele (1672), Tom Moore (1883), Shelley McNamara (1952), and Aidan of Lindisfarne (600). After him are Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Patrick Bergin (1951), Caitriona Balfe (1979), Steve Barron (1956), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), and Peter Woulfe (1727).

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Among PAINTERS In Ireland

Among painters born in Ireland, Paul Kane ranks 3. Before him are Francis Bacon (1909), and William Orpen (1878). After him are Harry Clarke (1889), and Lily Williams (1874).

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