Croquet Player
1865 National Academy of Design
About this artwork
An oil painting depicting a woman holding a croquet mallet on a grassy lawn with croquet hoops. It reflects the artist's focus on contemporary American social scenes in the post-Civil War era.
Did you know?
In the 1860s, croquet became an immense social craze in America, notably one of the few outdoor sports where men and women could compete together on equal footing. Winslow Homer captured this trend at a time when he was transitioning from his work as a wartime illustrator to a celebrated painter of American life. The game symbolized a newfound sense of leisure and middle-class refinement that defined the post-Civil War social landscape.
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Croquet Player
Winslow Homer, 1865
