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01 July 2020 Filed in: American Art | Flea Market Finds
When I was 16 or 17 I worked at a Burlesque Theatre. But by that time it had already become a concert venue and night club. It was an amazing place in Philadelphia called the Trocadero.
The Troc had been a dance hall for over 100 years. A place where folks gathered and were entertained.
Just like the folks in the audience in this painting. This painting that I bought at the flea market in New York City. This painting that is signed illegibly and dated 1909, or maybe 1904.
This painting that makes up part of the collection of art that I buy simply because I like it. This painting that I’m sharing with you. And so back to Burlesque. There was a Star theatre in New York.
Maybe this painting is of that theatre. Or maybe it’s part of the imagination of the artist. Until I can decipher the signature or dig up more information on a variety of Star Theatres, I’ll be left to conjecture. So let’s imagine together the scene... it’s the early 20th Century and Butlesque in America had evolved from Victorian Burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows.
There was song and dance, comedy, vaudeville and, of course, women. Just like the performers in this painting. With barely there costumes and a choreographed routine, there was certainly not much left to the imagination. But imagination is all that I have right now. And so I’m sharing this painting with you hoping that it will spark something in your imagination. ;-) hkv
The Troc had been a dance hall for over 100 years. A place where folks gathered and were entertained.
Just like the folks in the audience in this painting. This painting that I bought at the flea market in New York City. This painting that is signed illegibly and dated 1909, or maybe 1904.
This painting that makes up part of the collection of art that I buy simply because I like it. This painting that I’m sharing with you. And so back to Burlesque. There was a Star theatre in New York.
Maybe this painting is of that theatre. Or maybe it’s part of the imagination of the artist. Until I can decipher the signature or dig up more information on a variety of Star Theatres, I’ll be left to conjecture. So let’s imagine together the scene... it’s the early 20th Century and Butlesque in America had evolved from Victorian Burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows.
There was song and dance, comedy, vaudeville and, of course, women. Just like the performers in this painting. With barely there costumes and a choreographed routine, there was certainly not much left to the imagination. But imagination is all that I have right now. And so I’m sharing this painting with you hoping that it will spark something in your imagination. ;-) hkv