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Pierre-August Renoir, La Moulin de la Galette, 1875. La Moulin de la Galette was a popular place for entertainment in Paris during 1875. Renoir painted this boisterous scene of artists, his local clientele, and prostitutes interacting with one another to record a lively scene of “the People’s Paris” - a place in which the upper-class was able to enjoy themselves and make the city their own. Instead of solemn poses, the guests seem to mingle and the artist captures their intimate conversations and candid expressions, as if the viewer is invited to become a part of the entertainment. Renoir, in typical Impressionist fashion, painted this in plein-air, which further assisted his attempt to capture the dancing sunlight and vibrant, saturated colors with both light and dark globs of paint and fleeting brushstrokes (rather than intense shading). The Impressionist successfully portrays an “impression” of the event, rather than a detailed depiction by allowing the figures and landscape to mesh with one another, allowing the viewer’s eyes to dance around the canvas and gather their own impression. [image via.]

Pierre-August Renoir, La Moulin de la Galette, 1875.

La Moulin de la Galette was a popular place for entertainment in Paris during 1875. Renoir painted this boisterous scene of artists, his local clientele, and prostitutes interacting with one another to record a lively scene of “the People’s Paris” - a place in which the upper-class was able to enjoy themselves and make the city their own. Instead of solemn poses, the guests seem to mingle and the artist captures their intimate conversations and candid expressions, as if the viewer is invited to become a part of the entertainment. Renoir, in typical Impressionist fashion, painted this in plein-air, which further assisted his attempt to capture the dancing sunlight and vibrant, saturated colors with both light and dark globs of paint and fleeting brushstrokes (rather than intense shading). The Impressionist successfully portrays an “impression” of the event, rather than a detailed depiction by allowing the figures and landscape to mesh with one another, allowing the viewer’s eyes to dance around the canvas and gather their own impression.

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