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Outdoor Stage, France
ca. 1905
Everett Shinn
Like other Ashcan School artists, Everett Shinn began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator documenting modern urban life. Popular theatrical entertainments even- tually became Shinn’s preferred subjects, and, when he traveled to Europe in 1900, he frequented music halls in London and outdoor café concerts in Paris.Â
This work features elements drawn from both French enter- tainment and the American vaudeville performances Shinn watched—and also wrote, appeared in, and directed—in New York City. Shinn often depicted the dynamic exchanges between spectators and performers, and between audience members themselves. Here, he draws our attention to the performer onstage, whose headpiece is echoed by the flower worn by the spectator below, who has turned away from the performance and toward the viewer.
- Artist
- Everett Shinn
- Title
- Outdoor Stage, France
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Place of Creation
- United States
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 24 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (62.9 x 54.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 69.30.190