Irish-born Paul Kane (1810-1871) is considered a classic and one of the most important Canadian painters. Paul Kane made one of the most extensive pictorial records of the 19th century Northwest. He traveled from Fort William (Thunder Bay) to Fort Vancouver on the Pacific coast at a time when the fur trade was beginning to decline. In graphite, watercolour and oil on paper, Kane produced more than 700 sketches as well as journal descriptions. One hundred large-scale oil on canvas paintings depicting scenes of native life in North America were produced based on his field work.
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Paul Kane's painting Indian Encampment on Lake Huron is shown on the commemorative stamp issued on August 11, 1971.
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