Snap the Whip

Snap the Whip

Artist	Winslow Homer
Year	1872
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	56 cm × 91.4 cm (22 in × 36.0 in)
Location	Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Snap the Whip is a 1872 oil painting by Winslow Homer.^[1] It depicts a group of children playing a game in a field in front of an old red schoolhouse. With more of America's population moving to cities, this portrait depicts the simplicity of rural agrarian life that Americans began to leave behind in the post-Civil war era.^[2]

References

↑ "Winslow Homer 1836". Butler Institute of American Art. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
↑ "Winslow Homer: Snap the Whip". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

External links

Snap the Whip on the Butler Museum of Art homepage.

Winslow Homer

Paintings	The Boat Builders Breezing Up The Brierwood Pipe The Bright Side Children Under a Palm The Cotton Pickers Dressing for the Carnival Eight Bells The Fog Warning In Front of Yorktown Cannon Rock Northeaster The Fox Hunt The Gulf Stream Lost on the Grand Banks Right and Left Snap the Whip A Visit from the Old Mistress

Wikimedia	Winslow Homer at Wikiquote Winslow Homer at Commons Winslow Homer at Wiktionary Winslow Homer at Wikibooks Winslow Homer at Wikisource Winslow Homer at Wikinews

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