John Kane
- Introduction
- John Kane (August 19, 1860 – August 10, 1934) was an American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art. He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum. When, on his third attempt, his work was admitted to the 1927 Carnegie International Exhibition, he attracted considerable attention from the media, which initially suspected that his success was a prank. He inadvertently paved the way for other self-taught artists, from Grandma Moses to Outsider Art. Today Kane is remembered for his landscape paintings of industrial Pittsburgh, many of which are held by major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Wikidata
- Q6242451
- Introduction
- Comment on works: Landscapes; Cityscape; Allegory
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Naive Artist, Landscapist, Painter
- Names
- John Kane, John I Kane, paul kane
- Ulan
- 500002849
Exhibitions
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Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing
March 26–
July 7, 2008 MoMA
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Making Choices
March 16–
September 26, 2000 MoMA
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Postwar to Pop: Masterworks from MoMA's Collection
April 22–
October 5, 1999 MoMA
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The Long View: Works from the Collection
September 8–
October 25, 1994 MoMA
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Art of the Twenties
November 14, 1979–
January 22, 1980 MoMA
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John Kane has 27 exhibitionsonline.
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