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.

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  • 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, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • John Kane, asıl adı John Cain, İskoç asıllı ABD'li ressam. Naif bir üslupla Pittsburgh ve İskoçya görünümleri yapmıştır. Küçük yaşta kömür madeninde çalışmaya başladı. 1879'da ABD'ye göç etti. Demircilik, demiryolu işçiliği, kaldırım döşeyicliği, badanacılık, marangozluk ve boksörlük yaparak geçimini sağladı. Bir tren kazasında bir bacağını kaybettikten sonra bekçilik ve boyacılık yaptı. Boyadığı yük vagonlarının üstüne öğle tatillerinde zevk için manzara resimleri yapıyor, öğleden sonraları bunların üstüne yeniden boyayla örtüyordu. Oğlu bebekken ölünce evden ayrıldı. Ağaç levhalar üstüne Pennsylvania kırlarını, Pittsburgh kentinden görünümleri resmetmeye başladı. Resimlerinden biri Pittsburgh'daki Uluslararası Carnegie Sergisi'ne kabul edlince adı duyuldu. İki yıl sonra bir ödül kazandı ve müzeler resimlerini satın almaya başladı. Sky Hooks (Gök Çengelleri) adlı otobiyografisi ölümünden sonra yayımlanan (1938) Kane'in en tanınmış yapıtı Kendi Portresi'dir (1929, Modern Sanatlar Müzesi, New York).
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  • John Kane, asıl adı John Cain, İskoç asıllı ABD'li ressam. Naif bir üslupla Pittsburgh ve İskoçya görünümleri yapmıştır. Küçük yaşta kömür madeninde çalışmaya başladı. 1879'da ABD'ye göç etti. Demircilik, demiryolu işçiliği, kaldırım döşeyicliği, badanacılık, marangozluk ve boksörlük yaparak geçimini sağladı. Bir tren kazasında bir bacağını kaybettikten sonra bekçilik ve boyacılık yaptı.
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