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Pink Sky Circus, Oil Painting
By Hadley Northrop
Located in San Francisco, CA
.Words that describe this painting: circus, sunset, palm, trees, evening, fairway, tent
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Marta Becket Acrobat Circus Painting
By Marta Becket
Located in Larchmont, NY
"she saw a small stage with faded calico curtains hanging from a track. Debris was strewn all over the
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Figurative Primary Color Circus Acrobat Clown Painting
By Forrest Bess
Located in Houston, TX
Forrest Bess's laboriously textured multi-colored painting resembles a scene of two circus acrobats
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circus Universal, Large Modernist Oil Painting with Clown Harlequin
By Stella Drabkin
Located in Surfside, FL
, ethnic neighborhoods. In 1933, shortly after Drabkin’s arrival in Philadelphia, she entered a painting
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Adam Grant Oil on Board Painting, Titled "Circus Couple"
By Adam Grant
Located in Toledo, OH
20" x 27". Painting is framed in a gold frame with small linen mat; framed size is 24" wide by 30.75
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
Institute of Arts where she recalls being taken by brightly colored Flemish paintings full of small figures
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
of small figures. These paintings would later inspire her colorful works with many small figures. As
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
of small figures. These paintings would later inspire her colorful works with many small figures. As
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Vintage 1940’s Circus Acrobat Oil on Canvas Painting. Unique modern style.
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a highly stylized circus acrobat scene. Done “en grissille” or shades of grey, it portrays
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
recalls being taken by brightly colored Flemish paintings full of small figures. These paintings would
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

French Surrealist Circus Scene, Children with Balloons Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
. The other Surrealist to center his art in philosophy was Rene Magritte whose paintings reflect his
Category

20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Circus Scene, " 1930s Painting with Barker in Orange & Green, American Flags
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A riot of color and movement, much like the experience of walking around the circus in its heyday
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

French Mod Surrealist Commedia dell'arte Circus Scene Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989) Oil on canvas painting depicting four figures Hand signed
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Circus - Mixed Media by Antonio Vangelli - 1996
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
smaller figure in the center of a colorful composition that recalls the circus games. The three jugglers
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Circus Acrobats - ( Friends with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo )
Located in Miami, FL
most likely a small itinerant circus. Lucile Blanch completed the painting a year after she received a
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English Impressionist mid 20th century view of Piccadilly Circus, trams London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist manner and on a small scale. Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Pair of Fascinating Framed Hand-Painted Collection of Circus Animals
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A pair of framed small paintings cleverly mounted as collections of four between two pieces of
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Streetcar Circus 5/20 - figurative, playful, pop-art, editioned lithograph
By Charles Pachter
Located in Bloomfield, ON
colours of a large image of the back of the streetcar in hot pink and blue with three more smaller images
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painting of a big jolly wedding guest, looking invitingly over her shoulder; a big fiddler on a small roof
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Lovely Memories, ' by Dragana Milovic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This surrealistic acrylic painting on canvas by Dragana Milovic depicts her impressions and dream
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Spanish Catalan Modernist Oil Painting Drummer Boy Figurative Abstraction
By Artur Duch
Located in Surfside, FL
Arts in Barcelona. There he developed his artistic skills in the fields of sculpture, painting and
Category

20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painting of a big jolly wedding guest, looking invitingly over her shoulder; a big fiddler on a small roof
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Eleanor Woolley, From the Kingfisher Hide 2, Original Impressionist Painting
By Eleanor Woolley
Located in Deddington, GB
Painting by Eleanor Woolley. This painting was started Plein Air in the Kingfisher Hide, Slimbridge, and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil, Board

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Wine & Cigarettes Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Institute of Arts where she recalls being taken by brightly colored Flemish paintings full of small figures
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait on Stage - Red Cape - Scottish 60s art theatrical portrait oil painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish musical theatrical portrait oil painting is by female artist Doris Zinkeisen
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Mod Bull Jewish Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
brightly colored Flemish paintings full of small figures. These paintings would later inspire her colorful
Category

1980s Folk Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
where she recalls being taken by brightly colored Flemish paintings full of small figures. These
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Horses in a Landscape - Scottish 1960's equine art oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This superb oil painting of horses is by Scottish female artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960
Category

1960s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
painting of a very successful female rider and trainer, painted by a keen Scottish horse woman and artist
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a
Category

1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Watercolor

Still Life with Cakes - Scottish 1950s art still life oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This vibrant still life oil painting is by Scottish artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1950 the
Category

1950s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern Still-Life Pinecone Oil Painting Panel Buffie Johnson 1974 Plant Series
By Buffie Johnson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Platres Gravés du Groupe de L’Atelier 17” 1940 * Wakefield Gallery, NYC: “Group of Small Paintings
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Cross
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
(Whitney Museum of American Art), the small-scale model of a circus involving wire, wood, cloth, and
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Cross
The Cross
H 28.75 in W 36.25 in
Hortense (Ballerina) /// Impressionism Degas French Ballet Renoir Figurative Art
By Pal Fried
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
inspired him to prepare many paintings of ballerinas, dancers and circus performers.Fried emigrated to the
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Autumn Walk in the Woods - Midcentury Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
later joined a traveling circus. Both were involved in painting sets, and decorations for the circus
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Harlequin
By Richard Mandin
Located in London, GB
Family of Saltimbanques, who were a kind of itinerant circus performer. Normally a harlequin is zany
Category

1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Polish Expressionist Profile Portrait Drawing TWO CHILDREN
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
barges in Belgium and France and with small traveling circuses. It was at this time that Presser began
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
] Three years later, a painting called "Small Town" gave a critic "the impression of freshness, honesty
Category

1930s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

View Of A French Town, early 20th Century Charles GINNER (1878-1952)
By Charles Ginner
Located in Blackwater, GB
); Piccadilly Circus (1912, oil on canvas); other paintings Manchester (City AG): Flask Walk, Hampstead (1922
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
and France and with small traveling circuses. It was at this time that Presser began reaching for new
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Untitled
Untitled
H 26.5 in W 20.5 in
"Andes Mountains Peru South America, " Joseph Yoakum, Black Folk Art Landscape
By Joseph Yoakum
Located in New York, NY
great deal, beginning in his early teens when he ran away from home and became a circus handyman
Category

1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil

Out of the Blue, Miniature Red & Blue Abstract
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, small abstract expressionist painting of red, white and blue hues by California artist Tom
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Nocturnal Train In The City Abstract Expressionism
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, small abstract expressionist painting of train and town at night by Tom Hamil (American, b
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Numbers Abstract -- Room For One More
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling small abstract of numbers titled, "Room For One More" by Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of English Impressionist Horse and Buggy scenes with drivers
Located in Woodbury, CT
, tinkering with Vintage cars, marketing various inventions and making painting trips when possible – it
Category

1990s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pittsburgh Alleyway
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, particularly as he crafted small, meticulous trump l’oeil paintings. Born in 1907, Bohrod spent his adult life
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting depicts a small park in San Francisco. It looks like it could be in North Beach or
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Playing Possum
By Roger Weik
Located in Missouri, MO
know what one's doing? In his case, when he's finished with a painting, often he doesn't know why it's
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Emulsion, Polymer

Darkness (portrait of a young woman)
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Univ. Iowa, 1940-41; hd. dept. painting, Kansas City Art Inst., 1941-43; ASL, 1948-49; visiting artist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"In the Market Place" Algiers
By Lucien Abrams
Located in San Antonio, TX
in Connecticut", March 21 through June 1, 2014. This exhibition of over forty paintings and
Category

1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

We Support Our Troops Original Decoupage by Jacques Flèchemuller Mixed-Media
Located in Dayton, OH
small circus, a gagman in a contemporary dance company, and as a chef on a barge/restaurant in Paris. He
Category

Late 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

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