The Victorian Circus in Paintings

A masterpiece in motion, many artists captured the event on canvas.

Brush strokes revive circus grandeur from the artistic stylings of George Seurat’s pointillism to the authentic detail of James Tissot.

The Tightrope Walker by Jean Louis Forain

 

Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas

 

The Circus by George Bellows

 

At the Circus: The Bareback Rider by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

 

Escena de un Circo by Arturo Michelena

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The Circus by Georges Seurat

 

Circus Performers by Victor C. Anderson

 

Equestrienne Au Cirque by Fernando Francois Flameng

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Women of Paris: The Circus Lover by James Tissot

 

At the Circus by Ottokar Walter

 

Riders in Spectacle by Victor C. Anderson

 

Circus in France by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

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