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Sunday, July 17, 2016

SHOWBIZ images in art

Showbiz in Art
SPOTLIGHT on show business images by various artists & photographers ... in chronological order
   
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1772 showbiz Daniel Wildman, bees on horseback
in 1772 a man stands on a running horse and shoots a pistol to make his beard of bees
fly and land again
  
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1851 Castle Garden Theater, Jenny Lind concert
"Jenny Lind"  singing in 1851 New York       see full size
  
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French equestrian Madame Loyo on Broadway, 1851
 French equestrian "Madame Loyo" ... Broadway,  1851       see full size
 
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The Batemen Children, 1853
the Batemen Children, 1853 dramatic theatre actors       see full size
  
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Carl Spitzweg harlequin 1860
Carl Spitzweg art,  1860       see full size
  
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1862 ventriloquist Amadee Rolland
   an 1862 ventriloquist       see full size
 
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a Jean Veber illustration 1895, a hired stripper for a gentlemen's club
applause in a Jean Veber illustration,  1895       see full size
     
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1896  "Miss Valentine Conwell - Who will give an exhibition at the indoor tournament"
   
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Arthur Moreland 1903
  an Arthur Moreland illustration of a comedian failing, 1903       see full size
    
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advice to singers, 19041904  "Advice to Singers ... a person who is clean ... may spare himself the disgusting application of grease to his head to make himself fit to be seen."

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1910 circus clown photograph
a 1910 circus clown
 
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Vaudeville performer Cecelia Loftus, 1915
"Cecelia Loftus"  a Vaudeville performer,  1915
   
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outdoor theater with fire performance, 1917
 outdoor theatre, 1917       see full size
 
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May Murray as Mae West in peacock Alley, 1929
"Mae Murray in Peacock Alley"  somewhat similar to Mae West,  1929 
see full size
  
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a Lill Tschudi linocut print of a Christian church choir singing
a Lill Tschudi linocut print       see full size
  
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Disney's Ferdinand the Bull 1938
   a 1938 Disney animation,  'Ferdinand the Bull'       see full size
  
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a double exposure photograph at the circus by Wee Gee (Arthur Fellig)
a double exposure photograph by Wee Gee (Arthur Fellig)
see full size
  
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Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny as a Hollywood celebrity
Warner Bros.  'Bugs Bunny'
  
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MAD's Wallace Wood parodied television's Jackie Gleason
MAD's Wallace Wood parodied television's Jackie Gleason
see full size
  
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Jay Ward Bullwinkle, Nothing Up My Sleeve, magician
"Nothing up my sleeve"   Jay Ward's 'Bullwinkle' was a popular
1960s children's television animation series       see full size
  
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a Rodney Pike caricature of Conan O'Brian at home with Steven Colbert in the window
a Rodney Pike caricature of past television host Conan O'Brian,  with Steven Colbert
in the window
  
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Bo Diddley 1972, Where it All began
   a 1972 record cover for influential musician Bo Diddley 
see full size
   
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a Frank Springer cartoon for National Lampoon magazine
   a Frank Springer cartoon for National Lampoon magazine 
see full size
     
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Jim Steranko Norgil, a magician poster
Jim Steranko
     
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a Gary Larson cartoon,
"The African rhino:  an animal with little or no sense of humor"   a Gary Larson cartoon
    
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Rod Filbrandt cartoon, Dance Rummy Dance
"Oh the Rummy wants a drink? Dance for it!"   a theatre sign 2 weeks later:
"Tonight only - the Rummy in Dance Rummy Dance"
 a Rod Filbrandt cartoon
   
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a Drew Friedman caricature of comic Don Rickles peeping from a stage curtain at the crowd of Jewish seniors
a Drew Friedman caricature of comic Don Rickles
   
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a Drew Friedman caricature of comedian Buddy Hackett
a Drew Friedman caricature of comedian Buddy Hackett 
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a Maurice Vellekoop illustration from his book 'A Nut At The Opera'
a Maurice Vellekoop illustration from his book 'A Nut At The Opera'
  
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