Emmett Kelly

Tis the Season, Figurative, Clowns, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Framed

1898-1979

Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2003 Style: Still Life, Title: Christmas Size: 29.5" x...

Artist: Oleg Kateryniuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary Art Title: This Silly World Size: 39" x 63...

Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Carrier Sise: 61x53 inches, (155x135 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. This beautiful oil painting is call...

Carnival, Figurative, Portraits People Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Ca...

Signed American oil on canvas jointly painted by listed artist Donald Rust (b.1932) and Emmett Kelly. The painting depicts a middle aged, portly couple, eating desert in the window o...

This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns and carousel horses and riders that he did in the 30s and 40s. The artist uses a vibrant color palette and controlled brushstrokes to depict the subject in a realistic way. The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...

Oil on canvas painting representing two clowns on the street imitating a stock market. Signed Alfano Dardari in the lower right. Titled Bum Stocks on th...

Barry Leighton Jones Large Oil on Canvas Painting Children Clown Parade and Dog, "The Minstrels". Item features signed lower left corner, "Leighto...