A FRENCH MUSIC HALL POSTCARD

$1.50 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

By cropping the view of the orchestra pit and the stage, Everett Shinn collapses the distance between the audience and the show, placing the viewer in the audience, where a fellow spectator turns to look at us. Shinn painted this scene after a visit to Paris, but theaters of all kinds thrived in American cities at the time, providing public places where the rich and working class alike could experience leisure activities.Al recortar la vista del foso de la orquesta y del escenario, Everett Shinn reduce la…