Winslow Homer, 1872 - Snap the Whip - fine art print

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In the years after America’s brutal Civil War (1861-65), children—as embodiments of innocence and the promise of America’s future—became a popular artistic subject. Snap the Whip, one of Homer’s most beloved works, evoked nostalgia for the nation’s agrarian past as the population shifted to cities, and the little red schoolhouse faded from memory. Released from their lessons, the exuberant bare-footed boys engage in a spirited game of snap the whip, which required teamwork, strength, and calculation—all important skills for a reuniting country. An earlier, larger version of this subject (Butler Institute of American Art) was among the most celebrated paintings at the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition, held in Philadelphia—America’s first world’s fair. The Met’s version differs from the original in its background, with a wide blue sky replacing a lush mountain range, making the image less regionally specific.

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In 1872 the painter Winslow Homer made this painting. The piece of art has the following size: 12 x 20 in (30,5 x 50,8 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the North American artist as the medium of the work of art. Nowadays, this piece of art is in the the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. This artpiece, which is in the public domain is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1950. : Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1950. What is more, the alignment is landscape and has an image ratio of 16 : 9, which means that the length is 78% longer than the width. Winslow Homer was a painter, whose artistic style can primarily be classified as Realism. The American painter was born in 1836 in Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States and passed away at the age of 74 in the year 1910.

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