Sunday, April 21, 2019

ACEO Clown Portrait #103 "Cha-U-Kao"

Clown #103 "Cha-U-Kao"
acrylic on paper, 
2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

ACEO Clown #103 is a homage to a french clown called "Cha-U-Kao" who used to perform at  the Moulin Rouge and the  Nouveau Cirque in the 1890s. She was the muse of the famous french painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.  The artist was fascinated by this woman who dared to choose the classic male profession of clowning. There are a few paintings of her by  Lautrec . I created this tiny portrait looking at these paintings imagining a little bit that she might have a look like that. Enjoy it!

Cha-U-Kao by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

work in progress

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