Ben Shute Clown Oil Painting at South Coast Antiques-SOLD

A few years ago we purchased three clown paintings. Two of them were what I thought to be fairly good images. They were happy smiling clown that were well painted and had good bright lively colors.  The third was a kind of creepy looking clown that was in rather muted colors and actually a bit scary looking. Well, the two nice ones were by an artist that we could not find out any information. When we looked up the one creepy one we found out that the artist Ben Shute (1905-1986) was a fairly well known artist and that this was a rather desirable work of art.


 Ben Shute 
was known for his landscapes, portraits, and circus themed paintings. also he was Co-Founder of the Atlanta College of Art. We have this painting in it;s original frame, available at South Coast Antiques & Gallery.

Ben Shute