1898
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Museum in Kraków
Dominant colour
A Game of Crocquet is a 1898 oil by Leon Wyczółkowski, held at National Museum in Kraków.
This painting depicts three women engaged in a game of croquet. The woman on the left, dressed in a white blouse and black skirt, is poised to strike the ball with her mallet. In the background, two other women are visible, one wearing a red dress and the other a blue dress, both holding mallets. The scene is set against a backdrop of trees and a body of water, with a small hill visible in the distance. The overall atmosphere is one of leisure and recreation. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality in the painting. To learn more about this technique, explore the concept of chiaroscuro.
Leon Jan Wyczółkowski (Polish: ; 11 April 1852 – 27 December 1936) was a Polish painter and educator who was one of the leading painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism in art of the Interbellum.
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