Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Painting by Ray Wolf #1


Scan12825, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

THE BIG TOP

"Painted by America's Great Circus Artist, Ray Wolf,
is a throbbing, sweeping and colorful, panorama of
one of America's great traditions, the circus.
A realistic rendition which strikes a nostalgic note in
the heart of every circus fan."

Posted by Buckles at 4/20/2010 06:07:00 AM

4 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

I loved the detail in this painting, you could almost smell the sawdust... or was that the elephants? ~frank

20 April, 2010 09:17
clownron said...

Looks like the Chicago lake front with Navy Pier in the background...

21 April, 2010 01:43
Anonymous said...

Wolf documented RBBB while set up at the Milwaukee lakefront lot. He lived in the Milwaukee burbs and thus it was the natural location for him to visit. The site is about where the Calatrava-designed pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum stands today. Wolf omitted the tall stacks that mark the municipal plant south of the site, on Jones Island. Period photographs portray a similar set up. One was taken in 1938 and was published in C. P. Fox's book "Circus Trains," by Kalmbach.

21 April, 2010 09:29
Buckles said...

Interesting, I always thought that lot later became the marshalling area for the Milwaukee parade wagons.

21 April, 2010 09:37

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