Art Institute of Chicago
Moulin de la Galette
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
With this painting of the dance hall known as the Moulin de la Galette, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec established his reputation as the chronicler of the Montmartre district’s famed nightlife. A wooden barrier bisects the composition, dividing the frenzied action of the dance floor in the background from the stillness of the women waiting in the foreground. Toulouse-Lautrec used turpentine to thin his paint and applied it in loose washes, a technique known as peinture à l’essence . The result is a sketchy style that conveys both the immediacy of the artist’s observations and the tawdry atmosphere of his subject.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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