ORIGINAL CIRCUS WHITEFACE CLOWN VANESSA KARSHAGEN OIL PAINTING IN A NICE WOODEN FRAME

A WONDERFUL CIRCUS CLOWN VANESSA KARSHAGEN OIL PAINTING WITH WOODEN FRAME.
THIS PAINTING OF A CIRCUS CLOWN PEEKING FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN. CIRCUS CLOWNS WITH THEIR RUFFLED COLLARS AND POINTED HATS IS WHAT MANY OF US REMEMBER AS THE CLASSICAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT A CLOWN LOOK LIKE.
The whiteface (or white clown) holds the highest status in the clown hierarchy and is the oldest of the clown archetypes. In modern times, when whitefaces perform with other clowns, they usually function as the leader of the group. Whiteface clowns use "clown white" makeup to cover their entire face and neck. The whiteface clown is traditionally costumed extravagantly they often wear the ruffled collar and pointed hat which typify the average person's idea of a "clown suit".
The clown can be seen as a representation of the human condition: an expression of our emotional lives facing whatever we are facing. But sadly clowns seem to have faded over the past several decades. They became a faint echo of what they once were and represented.
ARTIST: AMAZINGLY ALTHOUGH THE SURNAME OF THE ARTIST SOUNDS DUTCH THE COUNTRY THAT HAS THE MOST PEOPLE WITH THIS SURNAME IS SOUTH AFRICA. SO IT IS MY GUESS THIS IS AN PAINTING BY AN SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST.
ORIGINAL: IT IS 100 PERCENT ORIGINAL. SEE PHOTOS PLEASE.
SIZE WITH FRAME: 590mm WIDE 740MM HIGH
SIZE PAINTING: 450MM WIDE 600MM HIGH
Condition: PAINTING AND FRAME IN GOOD CONDITION.