Reginald MarshAmerican, 1898–1954Gaiety Burlesk
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Minneapolis, United States
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- The museum
About the work
Before television became a regular staple of American life, entertainment took the form of live performances, and included such theatrical presentations as the burlesque, a variety show that featured bawdy comedy and female striptease. Presented in small cabarets and theaters, burlesques and vaudeville acts were popular in America from the 1860s until the 1940s. A frequent subject of Reginald Marsh’s paintings and prints, the seedy, lower-class nature of burlesque held a special appeal for the Yale-educated artist. He once noted: “The whole thing is extremely pictorial. … You get a woman in the spotlight, the gilt architecture of the place, plenty of humanity. Everything is nice and intimate.”
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- P.97.28.1
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Reginald Marsh
The whole life30 July 1932 – 14 August 1932
Took part in: 1932 Summer Olympics
1 August 1936 – 16 August 1936
Took part in: 1936 Summer Olympics
3 July 1954
Died
