Death of Omoxesisixany

The Death of Omoxesisixany was the only Kane painting to be mass-produced and marketed as a stand-alone print for framing. It was printed and published in Toronto in 1860. The subject is the death of the Blackfoot chief at the hands of a Cree warrior, an event Kane imagined, based on hearsay.The brown horseE??s headstall and the Cree warriorE??s shoulder bag depicted in the image were inspired by items Kane had collected. 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 in the Columbia District. A self-educated artist, Kane trained himself by copying European masters on a study trip through Europe. The first trip (1845) took him from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie and back. He set out on a second voyage (1846-48) from Toronto across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria. Kane produced more than 100 oil paintings, although he often embellished them, departing from the accuracy of his field sketches in favor of more dramatic scenes

Picture No

12697806

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47675256

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4200px x 3333px (7.8MB)

Credit

Science Source/Mary Evans