1930s "Applause for the Acrobat" Neoclassical Style Oil Painting by Rudolf Gowenius, Framed

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Painted on silk velvet fabric in the late 1920s by Rudolf Gowenius, a
Swedish painter who settled in Paris, this … more Painted on silk velvet fabric in the late 1920s by Rudolf Gowenius, a
Swedish painter who settled in Paris, this remarkable scene shows a
circus or carnival acrobat at the center, his legs contorted and seated
on a pedestal, being applauded by an audience including a sailor, a
bearded man and an elegantly-dressed couple. The artist studied first at
the Stockholm School of Fine Arts from 1919-1921 before leaving for
Paris in 1923. Gowenius settled in the Montparnasse district near other
Swedish artists, and studied under André Lhote and Fernand Léger. Over
the years he was commissioned to do murals and paintings for public
spaces, and developed a reputation for paintings on precious fabrics,
such as this example. One of his best known works was a set of murals on
silk for the Bar O.K. in Paris, painted in 1929. This large painting,
executed in a range of rich, ruddy browns, taupe and ivory, is signed
"Paris." less