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Dance at Bougival (French: La danse à Bougival) is an 1883 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Jul 7, 2023 · The oil on canvas, Dance at Bougival (1883) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is located at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, the United States. It has been housed in the museum’s collection since 1937 and was purchased in 1937 for $150, 000 from Jacques Seligmann.
- Alicia du Plessis
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The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, a town on the river Seine west of Paris, were popular recreation spots for city dwellers, including the Impressionists. Here, at one such café—its floor littered with cigarettes, burnt matches, and a small bouquet of flowers—an amateur boatman in a straw hat sweeps his stylish partner along in a waltz.
Dec 12, 2023 · Dance at Bougival (French: Danse à Bougival) is an 1883 work by Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. It has been described as "one of the museum's most beloved works".
- Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, MA, US
Jan 22, 2020 · In the spring of 1883, Renoir completed three life-size paintings of dancing couples: Dance at Bougival, Country Dance, (Fig. 1) and City Dance (Fig. 2). The paintings illustrate Renoir’s shift in style; the figures retain the softness and ease of Impressionism, but show an emphasis on form and outline.
Oct 23, 2020 · Amuze Art Talk #29: A detailed discussion of the Dance at Bougival, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1883.
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Dance at Bougival. Date of Creation: 1883. Alternative Names: La danse a Bougival. Height (cm): 181.90. Length (cm): 98.10.
