About this artwork
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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Status
- On View, Gallery 242
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Title
- Moulin de la Galette
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1889
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed lower left: HT Lautrec
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Dimensions
- 88.5 × 101.3 cm (35 7/8 × 39 5/8 in.); Framed: 109.3 × 123.2 × 12.1 cm (43 × 48 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 1933.458
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/14664/manifest.json
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