Bal du moulin de la Galette, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir·Bal du moulin de la Galette·1876·Oil on canvas·Musée d'Orsay, Paris↓

Pierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841 – 1919

Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876

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A Sunday afternoon dance in a Montmartre garden, with dappled sunlight filtering through the trees onto working-class Parisians and Renoir's friends. Few paintings capture the pleasure of modern leisure so completely.

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The light spots on the ground and on jackets are pure touches of pale paint laid on top: sunlight as texture.

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