Dance in the Country

Dance in the Country
Dance in the Country
Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year 1883
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 180 cm × 90 cm (71 in × 35 in)
Location Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Dance in the Country (French: Danse à la campagne) is an 1883 oil painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is currently kept at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[1]

Background

This painting was commissioned in 1882 by the merchant Paul Durand-Ruel who wanted works on the theme of the ball. He bought it in 1886, exhibited it for the first time in April 1883, and kept it until Renoir's death in 1919. A complementary painting on the same theme, named Dance in the City, was also painted by Renoir the same year.[1][2]

The painting, influenced by the artist's trip in Italy in 1881 where he found inspiration from Raphael, marked an evolution of the painter who tried then to break away from Impressionism.[2]

Description

The painting depicts a couple dancing under a chestnut: the man is Paul Lothe, a friend of the painter, and the woman is Aline Charigot, who later became the wife of the painter. Both figures are painted life-size and occupy almost the entire painting. However, a table in the background on the right, and a hat on the ground, can be seen. The woman who holds a fan in her right hand, displays a smiling face and looks towards the viewer. The scene is bathed in a bright and cheerful atmosphere, and the women's clothes use warm colors (yellow gloves, red hat).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pierre Auguste Renoir, Danse à la campagne" (in French). Musée d'Orsay. http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/collections/oeuvres-commentees/peinture.html. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Gartner, Peter J (2010) (in French). Musée d'Orsay, art et architecture. China: Ullmann. pp. 244, 245. ISBN 978-3-8331-5443-0. 
  3. ^ (in French) Renoir - Les classiques de l'art. Paris: Flammarion. 2005. p. 130. ISBN 2-0801144-5X. 

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