| Dance in the Country | |
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| Artist | Renoir |
| Year | 1883 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Location | Musée d’Orsay, Paris |
| Dimensions | 71 in × 35 in |
| 180 cm × 90 cm | |
| Famous Paintings by Renoir | |
| Le déjeuner des Canotiers | |
| Bal du moulin de la Galette | |
| La Grenouillère | |
| The Swing (La Balançoire) | |
| Two Sisters (On the Terrace) | |
| Two Young Girls at the Piano | |
| A Girl with a Watering Can | |
| Dance in the Country | |
| By the Seashore |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir created many beautiful paintings in his lifetime, including Dance in the Country. This is an oil painting that is currently housed in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Background
This piece was ordered in 1882 for Paul Durand-Ruel, who kept it until 1919, when Renoir passed away. He wanted art that featured the theme of a ball in unique detail. Renoir used inspiration from his trips to Italy and Raphael, who was also an influential painter.
Appearance
Dance in the Country features a man, Paul Lothe, and a woman, Aline Charigot, dancing with each other on a balcony. These life-size figures are holding each other close, the woman has a smile on her face and her body is wrapped around the man’s. She’s facing the viewer while the man has his face on the side of the woman. There is a table to the side, but the dancers take up most of the space. There are warm colors used except for the dark suit that the man is wearing.