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Circus Performers by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Circus Performers), 20th century
Oil on board
21 x 18
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Modernism. He had a personal affinity for painting circus performers
Provenace: Sotheby's, New York
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fernand Audet French Impressionist Oil, The Circus Horse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Circus Horse"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$266 Sale Price
35% Off
Circus. 1971, paper, mixed media, 27.5x39.5 cm
By Aleksandra Belcova
Located in Riga, LV
" (1927-31). She worked in oil, water colors, graphic arts and produced paintings on chinaware at the
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,425 Sale Price
20% Off
The Circus Performance 1930
s French Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 9.5 high by 8 inches wide
condition: overall very
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$570 Sale Price
30% Off
"Circus", Large and Ambitious Painting by John B. Lear w/ Male Nudes, 1965
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This early and ambitious watercolor painting by John B. Lear shows the growing scale and detail of
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " WPA-Era Painting, Semi-Nude Male Figure, Dark Pink
By William Schulhoff 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when the circus provided an affordable and exotic form of entertainment for the Everyman
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Traveling circus. 2018, canvas, oil, 100x50 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,230 Sale Price
20% Off
Circus - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2019
By Anastasia Kurakina
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is an original oil painting on canvas, realized in 2019 by the emerging artist, Anastasia
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Circus Yard” American Regionalist, Elephants, Tents, Performers, Clowns, Oil
By Paul Sample
Located in Yardley, PA
“Circus Yard” by Paul Starrett Sample (American, 1896-1974).
A vibrant circus scene by the noted
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Dog, The Saturday Evening Post cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, July 29, 1922
This commission for The Saturday Evening Post is a brilliant example of Joseph Christian Leyendecker's ...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Fight
By Monte Crews
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$3,500
French Contemporary Art by Nicole Benjamin - Circus
By Nicole Benjamin
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Nicole Benjamin is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Bacoli, near Naples in Italy.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Circus Figures), 20th century
Oil on board
16 x 19 3/4
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Circus Rider, Acrobat
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in New York, NY
program.
He did a series of works that received much attention at the time, of circus performers
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Vintage American Monochromatic "Circus Animals and Performers" Framed 1974
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5023 Circus and performers in a black and white color scheme .
Set in a custom frame
Signed
Category
1970s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Getting Ready for the Show, Circus Scene w/ Clown
By Carl Frederick Gaertner
Located in Beachwood, OH
painting. From 1925 until 1952, he was known as a pillar of the Cleveland School and one of their most
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Israeli Surrealist Painting Female Circus Performer Acrobat with Cat
By Haya Graetz Ran
Located in Surfside, FL
Voluptuous, ala Fernando Botero, female circus performer with spectators and cat. Haya Ran was born
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Circus girl reclining
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated center right, Seam down center where two sheets attached is original. Some slight surface smudging outside figure area .
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Magazine Paper
Marc Chagall Color Lithograph – Circus Trapeze Artist
By Marc Chagall
Located in Kastrup, DK
Marc Chagall (1887–1985)
A colorful lithograph by Marc Chagall depicting a circus trapeze artist
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mesdames et Messieurs (circus, 1920s, 1930s, performance, ~32% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Philip Verhoeven
Mesdames et Messieurs (circus, 1920s, 1930s, performance)
Acrylic and Marker on
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
From the circus. Cardboard, mixed media, 9.4x8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
From the circus. Cardboard, mixed media, 9.4x8 cm
watercolor, ink on paper.
Adolfs Zardins
(1890
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Big Tent” An American Traveling Circus Comes to Town
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
spectacular showmanship, America’s traveling circuses drew patrons to enormous tents pitched in open fields
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Contemporary clowns at the circus of life, Masquerade .
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting sighed lower right. canvas size is 23.5x35.5 inches.
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Princess. 2015. Oil on canvas, 65x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Circus Princess. 2015. Oil on canvas, 65x60 cm
Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,710 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Oil, Canvas
Madeleine Flaschner (1933-2022) - 20th Century Oil, The Circus Ring
Located in Corsham, GB
The Circus Ring, oil on canvas. Signed upper right-hand corner. (Provenance: Atelier Madeleine
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Epouvantail libéré -Scarecrow- Poetry - Circus - Chagall
s spirit - Unique piece
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Mixed media on panel
Hand signed
Unique piece
Mint condition
Category
2010s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Marchand de ballons - Poetry - Circus - Chagall
s spirit - Unique piece
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Mixed media on panel
Hand signed
Unique piece
Mint condition
Category
2010s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Empty Circus
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Circus - Original Tempera by Irene Paulz - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Circus is an original drawing in tempera realized by Irene Paulz.
Hand-signed on the lower
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Fat Man Circus Banner, America circa 1950
Located in Culver City, CA
America, 1950
Hand painted by "Tattoo Jack" Cripe. Acrylic on canvas. Signed and inscribed to lower left ‘J. Sigler Tampa’.
112” w x 140” h
Ref. A1606
$ 8,200
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Circus 1 - colourful, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on panel
By Burton Kramer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
, greens and teal dance across a rust ground in this acrylic painting on panel. This geometric, yet lively
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - Flying Circus
By Elena Borstein
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fête Foraine
, Circus, Brittany, Breton, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, Post-Impressionist figural landscape showing a staged preview of a circus and funfair held beside the
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 - 1989, French) Surrealist Circus Scene
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934-1989, French) Surrealist Circus Scene
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morteza Pourhosseini "The Circus 5" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
By Morteza Pourhosseini
Located in Queens, NY
Morteza Pourhosseini (Iran, born 1985) "The Circus 5" oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013 .
Depicting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Morteza Pourhosseini "The Circus 1" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
By Morteza Pourhosseini
Located in Queens, NY
Morteza Pourhosseini (Iran, born 1985) "The Circus 1" oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013 .
Depicting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Morteza Pourhosseini "The Circus 15" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
By Morteza Pourhosseini
Located in Queens, NY
Morteza Pourhosseini (Iran, born 1985) "The Circus 15" oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013 .
Depicting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Que le spectacle commence (circus, 1920s, 1930s, entertainment, ~32% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Philip Verhoeven
Que le spectacle commence (circus, 1920s, 1930s, entertainment)
Acrylic and Marker
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Ballerina and Horse" Watercolor: Woman Circus Performer, Blue Tutu, Gray Animal
Located in Austin, TX
, bottom left
A vibrant watercolor painting that captures a dynamic, expressive moment between a circus
Category
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Entertainment" - Oil on Canvas Surrealist Circus Scene by Vachagan Narazyan
By Vachagan Narazyan
Located in Denver, CO
Vachagan Narazyan’s Entertainment (2023) is an original oil on canvas painting that evokes the
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancing Dogs
, Impressionist Mid-century Circus Scene, Banjo Man, Acrobat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
"Ringling Brothers Barns" Cordray Simmons, Wisconsin Circus Scene, Red Barn
Located in New York, NY
respected member of the staff. Cordray continued painting and printing in addition
to his museum job. He
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Large French Signed Oil - Abstract Circus Performers Acrobats on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed
Title: The Circus Acrobats
Medium: oil on
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Circus - 1987
By Gérard Blain
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
We are very happy to present the wonderful work of Gérard Blain, a passionate and talented artist.
Gérard Blain, born in 1938, is an atypical artist.
Coming from a modest family, h...
Category
1990s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paulette Van Roekens, Lively Circus Scene by Renowned Philadelphia Female Artist
Located in Rockport, MA
This vibrant painting, "Circus" by Paulette van Roekens, captures the energy and excitement of a
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Hippo" Paul Sample, Regionalist, Atmospheric Circus Performers and Animal Scene
By Paul Sample
Located in New York, NY
upbeat, and singularly touched with irony. None of his 1930s paintings of Vermont rural life are without
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clowns Playing A Card Game of Poker Outside the Circus
By Hal Crecy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Clowns playing a card game of poker outside the circus
American artist Hal Crecy is known for his
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Clowns, Jugglers and Acrobats” by Edward Marecak, 1986 Abstract Circus Art
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
painting by celebrated Colorado modernist Edward Marecak. Known for his bold visual language and symbolic
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ringling Brothers Barnum
Bailey Circus Fire of 1944 - Historic Disaster
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
There were several thousand people at the circus on July 6, 1944 for the mid-day show. As excited
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strongman and Fire eater circus, coney island influences colorful carnival
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
on the reverse.
colorful, purple, red, orange circus narrative
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Contemporary American Modern
By Joseph O
Sickey
Located in Beachwood, OH
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Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Circus Series, 1991
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus, Acrylic on Canvas, by Rubenimichi, Spain, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary painting, Circus, by Spanish artists Rubenimichi, Acrylic on canvas, with a thick
Category
2010s Spanish Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Large 20th Century French Impressionist Oil - Two Circus Clowns/ Performers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 26 x 29 inches
Provenance: the artists estate
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series), 1968.
Ink on Strathmore illustration
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Circus Day, " Cream of Wheat Advertisement, Saturday Evening Post, 1923
By Edward Vincent Brewer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"Circus Day", original Cream Of Wheat illustration. Artist applied
Category
1920s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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