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Two Leg Tree. Axel Erlandson (December 15, 1884 – April 28, 1964) was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 called "The Tree Circus", [1] advertised with the slogan "See the World's Strangest Trees Here". [2] The trees appeared in the column of Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not ...
Circus Sideshow is a large oil painting on canvas measuring 99.7 × 149.9 centimetres (39.3 × 59.0 in). Painted in the Divisionist style, the work employs pointillist dots of color (primarily violet-gray, blue-gray, orange, and green) and a play of lines governed by rules whose laws Seurat had studied. [4]
The Circus Museum, established in 1948, is the first museum of its kind to document the history of the circus. The museum has a collection of handbills, posters and art prints, circus paper, business records, wardrobe, performing props, circus equipment, and parade wagons. The adjacent Tibbals Learning Center contains The Howard Bros. Circus model.
Image of the Society of Beaux Arts Architects won by Robert Edward Weaver for his design of a mural for a country home in 1935-1936. The Hallgarten prize was, “for a picture in oil colors painted in the United States by an American citizen under thirty-five years of age.” The third prize winning entry was entitled Wagon 97.
A large hand-painted mural can be designed on a specific theme, incorporate personal images and elements and may be altered during the course of painting it. The personal interaction between client and muralist is often a unique experience for an individual not usually involved in the arts.
Six years after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, 90-year-old Zelik Bocknek (Zel) refuses to slow down — and he believes his active lifestyle is key to keeping his symptoms at bay.
5. Excess Cash. Walking around with a fat wallet of cash feels good, but if you lose your wallet, the odds of keeping your green aren’t good. Besides, if you’re out and about and a potential ...
At the same time, Blanco also painted “Resilience. [39] ” This eight-foot by eight-foot mural in Fraser, Colorado, features a side-view face of a healthcare worker showing the struggles in the field during a pandemic. In fall 2021, Blanco painted a mural for the Hunger Coalition [40] – a non-profit organization in Bellevue, Idaho.