Tight-Rope Walker

Jean-Louis Forain's 'Tightrope Dancer' ('Funambule', c. 1880s) is a painting of Parisian circus and stage subjects by the French realist-satirist, a friend of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. A young performer balances on a rope under the spotlight — the precise, wry observation that characterises Forain's late-19th-century theatrical paintings. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition Venue

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States