The Park-Winter

About the Artwork

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

signed lower right: Leon Kroll 1923

Provenance

Leon Kroll, 1923

Exhibition history

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).

Quick Overview

Artist: Leon Kroll (American, 1884–1974)
Date: 1923
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: American Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Accession no.: 1923.1339

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.