Charlie Chaplin — painting by Alex Frishberg

I didn't see any of Chaplin's films until my family settled in St. Louis, but once I discovered this little dynamo I was addicted — no words were needed when Chaplin performed his pantomimes in black and white in my living room. The good man always sided with the poor, not with the millionaires, cops and dictators he mocked. Later, earning measly tips from an indifferent public as a street-corner pantomime in St. Louis, I tried to re-create his magic; this painting is my tribute to a genius America kicked out.

Paintings · Fine-art print on archival matte stock.