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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.
Winslow Homer painted the iconic artwork entitled Snap the Whip I in 1872 and concluded another very similar version in the artwork entitled Snap the Whip. After working in the frontline of the American Civil war depicting the scenes he witnessed, Homer was compelled to nostalgic and rural themes. Many other artists portrayed children as a representation of the country’s future and the quintessence of innocence.
The American painter wished to show the classic red school house – which was becoming rare in the country as the population migrated to the large cities. The scene of this painting portrays a group of boys playing outdoors after being dismissed from school. During this decade, Homer concluded many paintings, prints, and drawings depicting children in school and enjoying leisure time. In Snap the Whip I, a group of about ten young barefoot boys play a popular game of the time to burn the accumulated energy they built up in the classroom. The kids form a chain by holding hands, the right side of the canvas shows the beginning, with the first boy clinging tightly to his friend. By the end, to the left of the painting, the last few boys weren’t able to hold on and fall to the ground, as they are thrown some steps back because of the whip movement of their human chain. Homer beautifully represents the natural movement of the kids, placing each in a different position.
The color palette is very vibrant – even the dull colors of the kids clothing pop with bright, beautiful pigments. The green and ochre field of grass shows scattered wildflowers in red, yellow, and white tonalities. The background depicts large hills filled with vegetations, which contrasts with the bright red school, as well as a light blue sky with clouds featuring yellow highlights of sunlight. Other human figures can be seen in the faraway background, to the left of the composition. In 1873, Homer submitted a woodcut print version of Snap the Whip I as a double page spread in Harper’s Weekly. The artist achieved a harmonious composition by creating a balance between each figure and knowingly leading the viewer’s eyes throughout the artwork. During this period, Homer had a realistic approach to painting, giving a considerable amount of detail to the landscape and figures.
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Important Notes About Your Painting:
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Snap the Whip I, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of Snap the Whip I that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
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