Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette

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Impressionist painting painting

Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette is a celebrated 1876 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that vividly captures a lively Sunday afternoon gathering at a Montmartre dance garden, exemplifying the light, color, and social scenes characteristic of Impressionism.

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Bal du moulin de la Galette 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Impressionist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
applies to part canvas ⓘ
art form oil on canvas ⓘ
collection Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
country of origin France ⓘ
creator Pierre-Auguste Renoir ⓘ
depicts Sunday afternoon ⓘ
bourgeois Parisians ⓘ
couples dancing ⓘ
dappled sunlight ⓘ
fashionable dresses ⓘ
hats ⓘ
open-air dance garden ⓘ
people drinking ⓘ
people socializing ⓘ
tables ⓘ
trees ⓘ
working-class Parisians ⓘ
described by source art historians as one of the masterpieces of Impressionism ⓘ
genre Impressionism ⓘ
has part background crowd ⓘ
dancing couples ⓘ
foreground figures ⓘ
light filtering through trees ⓘ
musicians ⓘ
seated figures ⓘ
standing figures ⓘ
inception 1876 ⓘ
influenced later depictions of urban leisure in art ⓘ
influenced by Parisian café-concert culture ⓘ
located in France ⓘ
Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
location depicted Montmartre ⓘ
Moulin de la Galette ⓘ
main subject Paris ⓘ
surface form: Parisians

dance ⓘ
leisure ⓘ
social gathering ⓘ
material used oil paint ⓘ
movement Impressionism ⓘ
notable work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir ⓘ
original language title Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bal du moulin de la Galette
part of Impressionism ⓘ
surface form: French Impressionism
significant event first exhibited in 1877 at the Third Impressionist Exhibition ⓘ
title Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bal du moulin de la Galette

Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette self-link ⓘ
use depiction of modern life ⓘ
study of light and movement ⓘ

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Impressionism → hasNotableWork → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette ⓘ
Pierre-Auguste Renoir → notableWork → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette ⓘ
Pierre-Auguste Renoir → notableWork → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bal du moulin de la Galette
Musée d'Orsay → notableWorkHeld → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bal du moulin de la Galette
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette → original language title → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bal du moulin de la Galette
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette → title → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette self-link ⓘ
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette → title → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bal du moulin de la Galette