last two years of his life. John Kane died of tuberculosis on August 10, 1934 and is interred at Pittsburgh's Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery. External links John Kane artwork References Jane Kallir, "John Kane: Modern America's First Folk Painter", The Clarion, Spring/Summer 1984. 1860 births 1934 deaths 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Artists from Pittsburgh Burials at Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh) American people of Irish descent Baltimore and Ohio Railroad people Painters from Pennsylvania Scottish emigrants to the United States People from Braddock, Pennsylvania People from West Lothian 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Catholics from Pennsylvania Tuberculosis deaths in Pennsylvania 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists People from West Calder