<Li> <P> Pierrot and Harlequin by Paul Cézanne (1898). </P> </Li> <P> Pierrot and Harlequin by Paul Cézanne (1898). </P> <Li> <P> Swedish actor Gösta Ekman senior (1890 - 1938) as a whiteface clown in the play Han som får örfilarna (He Who Gets Slapped) by Leonid Andreyev (1926). </P> </Li> <P> Swedish actor Gösta Ekman senior (1890 - 1938) as a whiteface clown in the play Han som får örfilarna (He Who Gets Slapped) by Leonid Andreyev (1926). </P>

Who came up with the idea of clowns