Charlie Rivel

Charlie Rivel, Wien 1972.
Statue af Charlie Rivel

Josep Andreu i Lasserre, kendt som Charlie Rivel (23. april 1896 i Cubelles, Katalonien, Spanien – 26. juli 1983) var en berømt spansk cirkusklovn.[kilde mangler].

Som toårig optrådte han for første gang, sammen med sin familie, som var gadegøglere. Han skabte sit eget nummer og personlighed på scenen. Han blev en af Europas mest berømte og populære klovne, ja endda en af verdens mest anerkendte. Han havde sin helt egen stil, og hans personlige varemærke var en rød bluse, som var blevet for stor efter at være blevet vasket i for koldt vand.

Han var ven med Charlie Chaplin og tog sit kunstnernavn fra ham.

Rivel skrev en selvbiografi "Stakkels Klovn".

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Charlie Rivel series - Vienna - ATA 1972.jpg
(c) Wolfgang H. Wögerer, Vienna, Austria, CC BY-SA 3.0

The gig only consisted in one poor person (the clown) entering stage, carrying his guitar and training a chair, and trying for quite a while just to sit down on the latter, being successful at the end. It ended with a few Flamenco sounds, by the clown and his guitar.

Public was but 'stunned' for these some 5 minutes...

Decades later, I learned that C. Rivel had stolen thisone gig from another (by-far less successful) member of his family and was 'banned' by the family, afterwards... [w.] 09:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Photographs were taken in en:Wiener Stadthalle in 1972 with Nikon 50mm (bottom) and Novoflex 300mm lenses, on Kodak Tri-X, on more than one occasion. Exposure was about 1/30s-1/60s, open aperture.

1972 ATA (stands for Artisten, Tiere, Attraktionen) performances happened from February_12 to March_14.

Note: File might be overwritten by similar in slightly better resolution, as soon as 'available'.

Very private note: After attending one of those ATA performances, I decided to buy another ticket, in order to bring along my Nikon_F with my at.that-time only existing 50mm/F:2 lens, and risked to be kicked off when approaching the clown. I was not kicked off, but brought home but one 'useable' frame. On later occasions I had borrowed from a friend the monstrous de:Novoflex 300mm lens, designed for press and wildlife photography, but did not move from my (cheap) seat. However poor, these pics changed my life. [w.] 09:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
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"El Pallasso" — by Joaquim Ros i Sabaté - (1972).