DANCING AT THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE
This is my reproduction of Renoir’s “Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette” (Galette Mill). Renoir loved life, festive occasions, women and the out-doors, and celebrated these subjects in his paintings. These subjects are typical of impressionism in general which usually chose to reflect the brighter side of life.
“Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette” is one of the most successful in all of Impressionism. Many typical elements are here and in particular, many features characteristic of Renoir: the dance, the excitement in the faces, beautiful women, festivity, bright pastel colors and patches of sunlight filtering through the leaves onto the clothes (a dead-giveaway of any Renoir). Most of the figures are either models or friends of Renoir as his friend Estelle, front and center. The original was painted in 1876 and hangs in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Pastel on paper, 1979