| Bal du moulin de la Galette | |
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| Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
| Year | 1876 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Impressionism |
| Dimensions | 131 cm × 175 cm (52 in × 69 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
Bal du moulin de la Galette (commonly known as Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) is an 1876 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism's most celebrated masterpieces.[1] The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at the original Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris. In the late 19th century, working-class Parisians would dress up and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into the evening.[2]: 121–3 Like other works of Renoir's early maturity, Bal du moulin de la Galette is a typically Impressionist snapshot of real life. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering, sun-dappled light.
From 1879-94 the painting was in the collection of the French painter Gustave Caillebotte; when he died it became the property of the French Republic as payment for death duties. From 1896-1929 the painting hung in the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. From 1929 it hung in the Louvre until it was transferred to the Musée d'Orsay in 1986.
- ^ Ingo F. Walther, Masterpieces of Western Art: A History of Art in 900 Individual Studies from the Gothic to the Present Day, Part 1, Centralibros Hispania Edicion y Distribucion, S.A., 1999, ISBN 3822870315
- ^ Rivière, Georges (1921). Renoir et Ses Amis. H. Floury.