Q. What type of painting is Bal du Moulin de la Galette?
Painting
Bal du moulin de la Galette/Forms
Q. Who painted La Danse at the Moulin de la Galette?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Bal du moulin de la Galette/Artists
Q. What does Bal du Moulin de la Galette mean in English?
Dance at
Bal du moulin de la Galette (English: Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) (1876) is a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Bal du moulin de la Galette is a typical Impressionist snapshot of real life. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light.
Q. How much did Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette sell for?
“Au Moulin de la Galette,” an Impressionist dance hall scene by Pierre Auguste Renoir, was purchased at auction Thursday night for $78.1 million by an anonymous telephone bidder.
Q. What is the subject matter of Moulin de la Galette?
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (1876) Its modernism derives both from its chosen theme – an ordinary scene of working class Parisians at leisure, during a typical Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette – as well as its loose Impressionist-style brushwork.
Q. How much does a Renoir painting cost?
Renoir Work Sells for $78.1 Million : Auction: The painting ‘Au Moulin de la Galette’ is highlight of Sotheby’s offering of Impressionist and modern art. The price is the second highest ever.
Q. When did Renoir paint Bal du Moulin de la Galette?
Jump to navigation Jump to search. 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.
Q. How did the Moulin de la Galette get its name?
The Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, named after one of the three windmills in the neighborhood, held open-air dances every Sunday, and these would start in the early afternoon and carry on until midnight. It provided Renoir with the subject for this, his most ambitious work of the period.
Q. How big is Bal du Moulin de la Galette?
Renoir created Bal du moulin de la Galette, an oil painting measuring 52″ by 69″, in 1876. At this time, Impressionism was still in its early stages; Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro had held the inaugural Impressionist exhibition just two years prior.
Q. What did Renoir do in the open air?
While many Impressionists worked en plein air, or “in open air,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir is particularly known for his outdoor depictions, with Bal du moulin de la Galette (“ Dance at the Moulin de la Galette “) among his most celebrated pieces.
