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The Park-Winter

1923

Leon Kroll

(American, 1884–1974)

America, 20th century

Oil on canvas

Unframed: 91.5 x 122 cm (36 x 48 1/16 in.); Framed: 109.2 x 139.7 x 7.6 cm (43 x 55 x 3 in.)

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1923.1339

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Description

During the 1920s, Kroll earned a great deal of success painting scenes of everyday urban life. In this example, he depicted ice skaters on a pond in snow-covered Central Park, with a looming skyline of Manhattan apartment buildings in the background.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed lower right: Leon Kroll 1923

Provenance

Leon Kroll, 1923

Citations

"Comment." The Arts. 3:4 (April, 1923). pp. 290-293. Reproduced: p. 293

Milliken, William M. "The Third Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 10:6 (June 1923). pp. 102-107, 109-112, 119. Reproduced: p. 102; Mentioned:pp. 103-104

Karr, Benjamin. "Noted Kroll Painting Acquired by Museum." The Cleveland Leader, 15 July 1923.

"'The Park-Winter,' by Leon Kroll." Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 1923. Reproduced

Milliken, William M. "The Park-Winter by Leon Kroll." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 10:8 (October, 1923). pp. 141-143. Mentioned: pp. 141-143

"In Holiday Show of Pictures." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), November, 24 1939. Reproduced: p. 11

Kroll, Leon. Leon Kroll. New York: American Artists Group, 1946. Reproduced: Front cover

Saarinen, Aline B. "Art Storm Breaks on Dallas: Group Protests Showing of Work by Artists Called 'Left.'" The New York Times, February 12, 1956. Mentioned: p. X 15

Grosser, Maurice. Critic's Eye. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. Mentioned: p. 166

Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 122

Carraro, Francine. "Seeing Red: the Dallas Museum in the McCarthy Era." Suspended License: Censorship and the Visual Arts, ed. Elizabeth C. Childs. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997. pp. 235-258. Reproduced: p. 252

Exhibition history

New York, National Academy of the Arts, Spring Exhibition (1923), see References: The Arts for review; cat. no. 2.

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (7 June-8 July 1923), see The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (June, 1923), illus. inside cover, pp. 103-113.

Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Leon Kroll Exhibition of Paintings (25 April-2 June 1935), cat. no. 19, not illus.

Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, Leon Kroll (1-19 December 1937), cat. no. 8.

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, An Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 115, listed p. 30.

Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Trois Siecles d'Art aux Etats-Unis (May-July 1938), cat. no. 106, p. 42, not illus.

New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The is Our City: An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, & Prints (11 March-13 April, 1941), cat. no. 43, not illus.

New York, The Century Club, Life in New York City (1954)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sport in Art: From American Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year (15 November-15 December, 1955); traveled to Washington, D. C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, (5-30 January, 1956); to Louisville, J. B. Speed Art Museum, (14 February-10 March, 1956); to Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (25 March-20 April, 1956); to Denver, Denver Art Museum (5-30 May, 1956); San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, (28 July-26 August 1956); intended for Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games, but this stop was cancelled; cat. no. 66, not illus.

Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Sports and Recreation Panorama (4 April-4 May 1959), cat. no. 53, illus. p. 6, listed p. 8.

New York, The National Museum of Sport Inc., Premiere Exhibition (Mid-February-Mid-April, 1968)

Mexico City, XIX Olympiad, Exhibition of History and Art of the Olympic Games (12 September-30 November 1968)

Flint, MI, Flint Institute of Arts, Art of the Twenties: American Painting at the Crossroads (16 November 1978-21 January 1979), cat. no. 25, illus. p. 37.

Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Exhibition of History and Art of the Olympic Games. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Lomas de Santa Fe, Ciudad de México, Mexico (September 12-November 30, 1968).

Art of the Twenties: American Painting at the Crossroads. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (organizer) (November 16, 1978-January 21, 1979).

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