Where to See Game of Croquet: Yale University Art Gallery

American artist Winslow Homer painted this scene of fashionable Americans playing croquet with the bright outdoor light and careful observation that characterized his early work. The composition captures leisure in post-Civil War America.

Homer's croquet paintings document American social life with fresh, direct vision. It hangs at the Yale University Art Gallery.

You can see it at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, United States. Winslow Homer created it. The composition captures leisure in post-Civil War America.

Croquet was newly fashionable in 1860s America, allowing Homer to depict outdoor leisure and fashion You can see it at Yale University Art Gallery.

Homer painted croquet, a popular outdoor pastime that allowed men and women to socialize together. His early genre scenes capture post-Civil War American leisure with fresh, direct observation.

Homer's croquet paintings document American social life with fresh, direct vision. It hangs at the Yale University Art Gallery.

You can see it at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, United States. Winslow Homer created it. The composition captures leisure in post-Civil War America.

Croquet was newly fashionable in 1860s America, allowing Homer to depict outdoor leisure and fashion You can see it at Yale University Art Gallery.

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