In the '60s, the Monty Python art director was scouring London galleries for inspiration when he stumbled on an iconic ...

Most of his paintings and drawings are done on so-called chapiteau canvases which are real and well-used circus tent canvases. His art echoes the threat of disappearing scenes of art that the art of ...

As an adult he joined a traveling circus and performed as a strong man and wrestler, later settling in Paris where he began to paint. While in Paris, he was discovered by the art dealer Wilhelm Uhde, ...

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, which features ... pieces from Ringling Bros. Circus co-founder John Ringling's personal collection, including paintings by Velázquez, Rubens and Veronese.