ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1887-1980
Preview
Date of Work
Original Painting: 1933, Digital Reproduction: 2014
Medium
Digital inkjet print
Height
24 1/4"
Width
32 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: FF_008_M
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
The 1933 portrait of University of North Dakota President Thomas F. Kane was painted the year of his retirement by Isabel Snelgrove, who was hired a few years earlier to teach art at UND. Following President Frank McVey, who left in 1917 to become President at the University of Kentucky, Kane served as UND’s fifth President from 1918 to 1933. The story behind the Kane portrait is a mystery. It was found on campus by chance in a storage rack containing, among other things, free materials for students to recycle into art projects. It was rescued, repaired, and framed by UND Art Collections, which was established in 2005 to function as the University’s art museum.
Printed reproduction of original painting.
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”