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GIFFORD BEAL Circus (Dog and Pony Show).
Gouache and pen and ink with pencil on paper, circa 1930. 238x323 mm; 9 1/4x12 3/4 inches. Signed in gouache, lower recto.
Provenance: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, with the label; private collection, New Jersey.
Exhibited: McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas, November 20-December 31, 1970, with the label.
Beal (1879-1956) was a prominent American painter who studied under William Merritt Chase and was also significantly influenced by Childe Hassam. After taking classes of Impressionist painting at the Art Students League, Beal served as their president from 1914 to 1929. He found inspiration not only in holiday spectacle and pageantry but also in the natural and everyday side of life. Beal enjoyed painting the landscape along the Hudson River and in Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts, where he spent many summers.
