Google Lens entry:Vaudeville theaters functioned not just as playhouses but also as social venues where people of all kinds came to mix and mingle. Shinn was particularly stagestruck by this environment, producing dozens of drawings, pastels, and paintings of American and European theatrical performances and the people who attended them. This work was inspired by sketches Shinn made in Paris, combining elements of the American vaudeville experience with the artist's memories of French theatrical performances. Born in rural New Jersey, Everett Shinn first studied engineering and industrial design at the Spring Gardens Institute in Philadelphia. He took his first job designing fixtures for gas lighting, but soon became bored. He then enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied painting and drawing under Thomas Anshutz. After rooming with George Luks, a fellow newspaper illustrator, Shinn eventually became a founding member of the group now known as the Ashcan School.--------------(Untitled)by Kendall Toland, 4th grade, Ohlone Elementary School I softly express winds of cold, dark rage.My face is red as fury. It escapes my emotions. A fine lady ignores me. She gossips as if I am not here.But I am. I feel rose expressions On my face growing hot.I am still graceful as the music.End of scene.--------