Avery The Master Hypnotist by Fred G. Johnson
Traveling circuses routinely used brightly painted ones to lure paying customers to their quirky sideshows of freaks and curiosities in the early 1800s. The art of creating these tempting come-ons...
The Mermaid by Fred G. Johnson
Fred G. Johnson was a famous circus sideshow banner artist from Chicago. His paintings were used to advertise sideshows throughout the United States over much of the 20th century. Today...
Alive By Fred G. Johnson
Fred G. Johnson was known as the 'Picasso of Circus Art.' His works are never found 'flat' as the were always folded or rolled as the shows came and left...
Baffling Barnes by Fred G. Johnson
Fred G. Johnson's resume included the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey and the Clyde Beatty Circuses (Circii?). He could paint as many as four in a...
Electra by Fred G. Johnson
Artist Fred G. Johnson worked for the O. Henry Tent and Awning Company in Chicago for 40 years (1934 – 1974), although he started at the United States Tent and...
Bummer By Fred G. Johnson
Fred G. Johnson often didn't sign his work, and it takes an expert to tell if it an original FGJ. Often risque, and occasionally frightening, his works were simple, but...