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Georges Seurat: The Circus Sideshow

The Circus Sideshow (Parade de Cirque) is Seurat’s first nocturnal painting and the first to depict popular entertainment. It represents the parade, or sideshow, of the Circus Corvi at the annual Gingerbread Fair, held in eastern Paris around the place de la Nation, in spring 1887. Sideshows were staged outside the circus tent, for free, to entice passersby to purchase tickets. The onlookers at the far right are queued on stairs leading to the box office. This masterpiece is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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Categories: Slow Art ,Modern Art

Tags: georges, seurat, the, circus, sideshow, 16_2436_seurat_cirque_parade_0412_p14.mp4, the met, metropolitan museum of art, new york the circus sideshow (parade de cirque) is seurat’s first nocturnal painting and the first to depict popular entertainment. it represents the parade, or sideshow, of the circus corvi at the annual gingerbread fair, held in eastern paris around the place de la nation, in spring 1887. sideshows were staged outside the circus tent, for free, to entice passersby to purchase tickets. the onlookers at the far right are queued on stairs leading to the box office. this masterpiece is located in the metropolitan museum of art in new york city.