Grace Hoops

Grace Hoops
ArtistWinslow Homer
Year1872
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions22 in x 15 in (55.9 cm x 38.1 cm)
LocationMcMullen Museum of Art

Grace Hoops is a genre painting by the American artist Winslow Homer.[1] It depicts two young women outdoors playing the game of graces. Scenes of childhood innocence constituted one of Homer's recurring subjects throughout the 1870s.[2] The work is now in the collection of the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, having been donated as part of the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch collection.[3]

  1. ^ Hendricks, G. (1979). The Life and Works of Winslow Homer. pp. 96, 299.
  2. ^ "Winslow Homer (1836-1910)". www.christies.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  3. ^ "Boston College's art museum receives a $20 million gift of paintings by Sargent, Rivera and Picasso". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-08-25.