About this artwork
A souvenir of Everett Shinn’s only trip to Europe, The Hippodrome, London is apparently the first oil painting devoted to what would become the artist’s signature subject: popular entertainments such as the circus, vaudeville, and the theater. Shinn’s choice of subject matter and idiosyncratic perspective correspond to French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by artists like Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and also reflect his own theatrical interests and early career as an illustrator for periodicals. The Hippodrome opened in London in January 1900 as a circus and was transformed into a music hall a decade later; it is likely that Shinn attended a performance there during the venue’s first year.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 272
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Everett Shinn
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Title
- The Hippodrome, London
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1902
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Signed: E. Shinn on left margin
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Dimensions
- 66.9 × 89.4 cm (26 5/16 × 35 3/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Friends of American Art Collection; Goodman Fund
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Reference Number
- 1928.197
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