Unknown Unknown Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt. Image source · Public domain
The people behind the art
1841 to 1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French painter and sculptor (1841–1919). Their work is associated with Impressionism. Their recorded places of work include Paris; Aix-en-Provence; Argenteuil; Cagnes-sur-Mer; Cannes; Marseille; Amersfoort.
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In the archive
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Renoir's 1876 canvas shows a Sunday afternoon dance in the garden of the Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, painted as a living crowd of dancers, drinkers and quiet companions under dappled light. This tour explains the subject first, then follows how the brushwork, the foreground group and the lamp-lit setting make that scene legible.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A riverside balcony at the Maison Fournaise, a table of wine and fruit, and a circle of Renoir's friends: this guide reads the painting's subject, its tightly composed blend of portraiture, still life and landscape, and the questions its identified cast still raises.
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