Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 21, 2022– January 8, 2023

This summer Aspinwall by John Kane travelled to Heinz History Center to be part of their exhibition Pittsburgh’s John Kane: The Life & Art of an American Workman. Explore the gripping story of a Pittsburgh immigrant who endured poverty, tragedy, and other adversities to become one of the world’s most revered self-taught artists.

Grounded in new scholarship from Louise Lippincott and Maxwell King, authors of the new book “American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane,” the History Center exhibition features 37 original works of art and dozens of artifacts that showcase the world of John Kane – a turn-of-the-century Scottish immigrant who achieved breakthrough success as a painter after toiling for more than 40 years as a laborer in industrial-age Pittsburgh.

John Kane
Aspinwall, ca.1929
Oil on canvas
Gift of Bartlett Arkell 1931