Winslow Homer, 1866 - Croquet Scene - fine art print

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One of America’s foremost painters, Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator during the Civil War. In the late 1860s, he turned his acute observational and technical skills toward oil painting, depicting figures bathed in sunlight out-of-doors. These early paintings, often executed in series, feature scenes of upper-class leisure pursuits—in this case, women and men competing with one another in the popular sport of croquet, which had recently been introduced to the United States from the British Isles. In Croquet Scene, one of five paintings Homer completed on the subject, progress on “the grand round” seems fairly advanced. The crouching male figure positions the ball belonging to the woman dressed in red. She is about to croquet (or “send up the country”) another ball, probably belonging to the woman in the left foreground, who shields her eyes against the bright afternoon sun. Notable for its bold patterning, strong contours, and brilliant light effects, the painting epitomizes the spirit of a breezy summer afternoon.

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In the year 1866 Winslow Homer painted this artwork titled "Croquet Scene". The masterpiece measures the size: 40,3 × 66,2 cm (15 7/8 × 26 1/16 in). Oil on canvas was applied by the North American artist as the medium of the painting. The original artwork has the following inscription: "signed, lower right: "WINSLOW HOMER/-66-"". Nowadays, this artpiece is included in the art collection of Art Institute Chicago. We are happy to reference that this masterpiece, which is part of the public domain is being provided with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. : Friends of American Art Collection; Goodman Fund. Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has an aspect ratio of 16 : 9, meaning that the length is 78% longer than the width. The painter Winslow Homer was an artist, whose artistic style was primarily Realism. The painter was born in 1836 in Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States and deceased at the age of 74 in 1910 in Prouts Neck, Cumberland county, Maine, United States.

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