Fan Auguste Renoir - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette

This fan has been edited for the exhibition "Renoir and Love. A Joyful modernity (1865-1885)" at the Musée d'Orsay from March 17th to July 19th, 2026.

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Dance at Moulin de la Galette, 1876
Oil on canvas. H. 131,5 ; L. 176,5 cm. Paris, musée d'Orsay
Legs Gustave Caillebotte...

This fan has been edited for the exhibition "Renoir and Love. A Joyful modernity (1865-1885)" at the Musée d'Orsay from March 17th to July 19th, 2026.

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Dance at Moulin de la Galette, 1876
Oil on canvas. H. 131,5 ; L. 176,5 cm. Paris, musée d'Orsay
Legs Gustave Caillebotte, 1896
© Photo GrandPalaisRmn (musée d'Orsay) / M. Rabeau

This painting is doubtless Renoir's most important work of the mid 1870's and was shown at the Impressionist exhibition in 1877. Though some of his friends appear in the picture, Renoir's main aim was to convey the vivacious and joyful atmosphere of this popular dance garden on the Butte Montmartre.