Bal du moulin de la Galette. Landscape art. Auguste Renoir.
Study of sisters, Estelle and Jeanne.
By NZ Artist Daryl Lex Price
Study of sisters, Estelle and Jeanne.
By NZ Artist Daryl Lex Price
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Renoir's Ladies
Oils on canvas, NZ portrait art 45.5x61x4cm
After the French Impressionist Renoir. This is a detail portrait study impression from part of the painting 'Bal du moulin de la Galette'.
These two young women depicted in the painting were sisters, Jeanne and Estelle, a couple of 'working class' girls that Renoir had model for him.
Lots of texture in this work. I'm a big fan of Renoir's works and would love to do a commission copy of any of his works for you. From my Auckland fine art gallery of artworks.
$10500 - offers considered
Oils on canvas, NZ portrait art 45.5x61x4cm
After the French Impressionist Renoir. This is a detail portrait study impression from part of the painting 'Bal du moulin de la Galette'.
These two young women depicted in the painting were sisters, Jeanne and Estelle, a couple of 'working class' girls that Renoir had model for him.
Lots of texture in this work. I'm a big fan of Renoir's works and would love to do a commission copy of any of his works for you. From my Auckland fine art gallery of artworks.
$10500 - offers considered
Bal du moulin de la Galette
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Bal du moulin de la Galette Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Year 1876 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 131 cm × 175 cm (52 in × 69 in) Location Musée d'Orsay, Paris 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. It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism's most celebrated masterpieces. The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris. In the late 19th century, working class Parisians would dress up and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into the evening.
Like other works of Renoir's early maturity, Bal du moulin de la Galette is a typically Impressionist snapshot of real life. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light.
From 1879 to 1894 the painting was in the collection of the French painter Gustave Caillebotte; when he died it became the property of the French Republic as payment for death duties. From 1896 to 1929 the painting hung in the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. From 1929 it hung in the Musée du Louvre until it was transferred to the Musée d'Orsay in 1986.
Smaller version Renoir painted a smaller version of the picture (78 × 114 cm) with the same title. This painting is in a private collection.
For many years it was owned by John Hay Whitney. On May 17, 1990, his widow sold the painting for US$78 million at Sotheby's in New York City to Ryoei Saito (Saitō Ryōei), the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Company, Japan.
At the time of sale, it was one of the top two most expensive artworks ever sold, together with van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet, which was also purchased by Saito. Saito caused international outrage when he suggested in 1991 that he intended to cremate both paintings with him when he died. However, when Saito and his companies ran into severe financial difficulties, bankers who held the painting as collateral for loans arranged a confidential sale
