Artists that have painted pictures of circus.?

Question

I need this for my artist research, my theme is circus and the only artist i know off the top of my head that painted a circus scene was Georges Seurat. Any ideas? x

Answer 1

Degas, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_La_La_at_the_Cirque_Fernando

Renoir, Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando

http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=1&resource=81558

Renoir, The Clown

http://www.getty.edu/egetty/features/renoir.html

James Tissot, Women of Paris: The Circus Lover

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:James_Tissot_-_Women_of_Paris,_The_Circus_Lover.jpg&filetimestamp=20070814222535

Fernando Botero's Circus Series

http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/2009/01/circus-botero.html

http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/2009/01/circus-fernando-botero-circus.html

http://www.gmurzynska.com/exhibitions/2008-10-02_fernando-botero/

Answer 2

Famous Circus Paintings

Answer 3

Look into Dame Laura Knight, she was a very famous UK artist who did a number of circus paintings and drawings, she used to go and live and travel with the circus to do them.

Answer 4

Jack Yeats, Irish Artist painted some circus pictures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Butler_Yeats



Toulouse Lautrec also painted a few:

http://rogallery.com/lautrec_henri_toulouse/lautrec-circus.htm



Hope that helps! :)