Dance at Bougival
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| Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
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| Year | 1883 |
| Type | Oil paint on canvas |
| Dimensions | 181.9 by 98.1 centimetres (71.6 in × 38.6 in) |
| Location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Dance at Bougival (French: Bal à Bougival[1]) 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.[2] It has been described as "one of the museum's most beloved works".[3]
Subject
The work depicts two of Renoir's friends, Suzanne Valadon and Paul Auguste Llhote.[3]
Style
The painting has been described as one of Renoir's first reversions to a more classical style of painting he learned copying paintings in the Louvre while maintaining the bright palette of his fellow Impressionists.[4]
