Brother Patrick
Artist
John Kane
(American, 1860 - 1934)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1928-1929
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions72 × 30 in. (182.9 × 76.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 82 1/4 × 40 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (208.9 × 102.2 × 8.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 82 1/4 × 40 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (208.9 × 102.2 × 8.9 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right: "John Kane".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.664
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting of a man wearing a green kilt and red jacket, and holding a bagpipe. Two rabbits are on the grass beside his feet.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, VA, March 1 - July 4, 1976. "From Foreign Shores," Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI, October 14 - November 28, 1976. "Painters of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1800-1945," Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, September 26 - November 29, 1981. "John Kane: Modern America's First Folk Panter," Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2 - April 29, 1985. “Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America,” High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, August 21 – December 11, 2021; Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA, May 28 – September 5, 2022; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greenburg, PA.
