1866
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Croquet Scene is a 1866 oil by Winslow Homer, a American Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see people playing croquet in a sunny yard. The scene shows women and men competing together, which was not very common back then. This was a new sport in the US at the time, and it's interesting that the artist chose to paint it. Check out the work of artist Winslow Homer to see more scenes of everyday life.
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…
William Sumner Appleton, Boston, from 1871 to 1903; by descent to William Sumner Appleton, Jr., Boston, from 1903. C.C. Childes, Boston, by 1941; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1942.
New York, Macbeth Gallery, An Introduction to Homer, Dec. 15–Jan. 18, 1937, cat. 69. New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Life in America, cat. 217. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sport in American Art, Oct. 10–Dec. 10, 1944, cat. 56. Utica, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, Paintings by Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins, Dec. 1–Jan. 19, 1947, cat. 10. Northampton, Mass., Smith College Museum of Art, Winslow Homer: Illustrator, Feb. 1951; Williamstown, Mass., Lawrence Art Museum, Williams College, cat. 30. Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, The American Scene 1710–1940, Apr.…
Read the full account in the museum source.
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
