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Impressionism
1876
Bal du moulin de la Galette
Original title: Bal du moulin de la Galette
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
131 cm × 175 cm
Date of Creation:
1876
Scan Resolution:
5 000 × 3 720 px
Archive File Size:
7.2 MB
Permanent Collection:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Historical Narrative
Crowds of joyful working-class Parisians dancing, drinking, and chatting in the dappled afternoon sunlight under the acacia trees of Montmartre.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"A crowning glory of Impressionism, celebrating dappled light filters, movement, and the blissful social vivacity of 19th-century Paris."
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