Saturday, August 25, 2018

ACEO Clown Portrait #47 "Charlie"

Clown #47 "Charlie", acrylic on paper, 
2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2018

Clown #47 is homage to Charlie Rivel (1896 – 1983), an internationally known Spanish circus clown. His parents were circus artists as well. He debuted at the age of three and formed the group Los Rivels with his brothers. He took his artistic first name from Charlie Chaplin whom he encountered first in 1910. Each respected the other. Legend has it that Chaplin later asked him: "Is it you who imitate me or I who imitate you?". He later discovered his definitive routine, featuring a chair, a guitar and a long jersey.

Charlie's guitar and chair performance

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