| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
Well over one hundred watercolours, pencil drawings, and oils on paper dating from Kane's trip through British Columbia in 1846 and 1847 remain in collections, notably those of the Royal Ontario Museum and the Stark Foundation of Orange, Texas. The collection in the Stark Foundation was purchased directly from Kane's grandson for $100,000, after the Canadian Government and the National Gallery declined to purchase the collection.
An extensive list of these works, with titles and dates is included in Artists Overland. That exhibition catalogue notes that an estimated 500 sketches and paintings were made by Kane on that trip across Western Canada, and 240 of them exhibited in Toronto in 1848.
Kane's work received much praise, and the accuracy of his illustrations means that they will remain an important record of an early and obscure part of British Columbia's art history. It is interesting to note that Kane could not have exhibited his work in Vancouver while he was here - because the town did not yet exist. Similarly, he predates the major arts groups in Canada such as the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, founded in 1880 nine years after his death.
Kane was born in Mallow, Cork County, Ireland in 1810, and died in Toronto in 1871.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1928 Jan 7 - 29 | NGC Exh. of Canadian West Coast Art | Kaw-Wacham |
| Falls of Colville | ||
| Babine Chief | ||
| Clal-Lum Women Weaving | ||
| A Flat-Head Woman | ||
| Medicine Mask Dance | ||
| Scene Near Wala-Walla | ||
| A Battle |
ARTISTS OVERLAND - A visual record of British Columbia 1793 - 1886
1980 Sept. 10 - Oct. 18; exhibition catalogue; Burnaby Art Gallery
Also exhibited at the Provincial Archives Nov. 3 1980 - Jan. 9 1981.
Illustrated throughout in black & white; 3 colour plates; 156 pages; no ISBN
By Berenice C. Gilmore; Foreword by J.N. Hardman, Director - Burnaby Art Gallery.
Extensive information on Kane, including list of more than 100 works in collections.
EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS IN CANADA (refer to H70)
Includes 3/4 page of references to Kane.
FROM DESOLATION TO SPLENDOUR (refer to FDTS77)
CANADIAN ART PRINTS (refer to CAP79)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
Extensive biography of more than six pages, numerous references.
CANADIAN ART - FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO 2000 (refer to CAN00)
THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA (refer to CE00)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
24 references cited for Kane.