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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, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Columbia District. 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 170,274 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paul Kane is the 1,445th most popular painter (down from 1,241st in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 161st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Painter.

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  • 170k

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  • 48.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paul Kane ranks 1,445 out of 1,421. Before him are Sarah Goodridge, Jan Theuninck, Albert Küchler, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Alla Horska, and Christian August Lorentzen. After him are Simeon Solomon, Dora Carrington, Thomas Girtin, Theodoric of Prague, Philip Guston, and Lilla Cabot Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Paul Kane ranks 65. Before him are William Froude, Andrew Scott Waugh, Miklós Barabás, Johan August Wahlberg, Fritz Reuter, and Asa Gray. After him are Félicien David, Jules Malou, Robert Mallet, Johann Löwenthal, Eliza McCardle Johnson, and Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau. Among people deceased in 1871, Paul Kane ranks 54. Before him are Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Anna Sundström, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Josef Mánes, and Willibald Alexis. After him are İbrahim Şinasi, Jan Jacob Rochussen, Robert Anderson, Adolph Strecker, Castro Alves, and Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Paul Kane ranks 173 out of 501. Before him are Sinéad Cusack (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Ronnie Drew (1934), Moya Brennan (1952), Jason O'Mara (1972), and Micheál Martin (1960). After him are Seán O'Casey (1880), Finnian of Clonard (470), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Maeve Binchy (1939), Richard Todd (1919), and Aidan of Lindisfarne (600).

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Among PAINTERS In Ireland

Among painters born in Ireland, Paul Kane ranks 2. Before him are Francis Bacon (1909). After him are William Orpen (1878) and Harry Clarke (1889).

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