Portrait of Merle Evans, Bandmaster
Artist
Donald L. " Rusty" Rust
(American, born 1932)
Date1966
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 x 51 1/2 in. (163.8 x 130.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of The Artist, 1967
Object numberSN810
Called the "Toscanini of the Big Top," Merle Evans was born in Columbus, Kansas. In 1916, Charles Ringling hired Evans as bandmaster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus; he would hold that position for fifty years - more than 18,000 performances with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows.
On View
On viewLocation
- Tibbals Learning Center, 2nd floor, Timeline Gallery, Island, east
Collections
Donald L. " Rusty" Rust
1989; January 1-6, 1991
circa 1920
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