Everett Shinn (American, 1876–1953)
The Hippodrome, London
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Everett Shinn (American, 1876–1953)1902
The Hippodrome, London
Everett Shinn (American, 1876–1953) →ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismAshcan SchoolRealismoil on canvaspainting
Date
1902
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.9 × 89.4 cm (26 5/16 × 35 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Friends of American Art Collection; Goodman Fund
A souvenir of Everett Shinn’s only trip to Europe, The Hippodrome, London is apparently the first oil painting devoted to what would become the artist’s signature subject: popular entertainments such as the circus, vaudeville, and the theater. Shinn’s choice of subject matter and idiosyncratic perspective correspond to French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by artists like Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and also reflect his own theatrical interests and early career as an illustrator for periodicals. The Hippodrome opened in London in January 1900 as a circus and was transformed into a music hall a decade later; it is likely that Shinn attended a performance there during the venue’s first year.
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