Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette
Bal au Moulin de la Galette by Renoir is an Impressionist painting, made in 1876, depicting a scene of social life in the Parisian district of Montmartre in which the inhabitants enjoy dancing and socialising on a Sunday afternoon.
The work is the result of many months of work that allowed Renoir to create one of his most important masterpieces.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Ritratto di Bazille (1867), museo d’Orsay, Parigi
Renoir’s life and works are full of love, light and colour. Indeed, the artist created his masterpieces by drawing on the experiences of his life and described what he saw and experienced with rapid brushstrokes, creating images that seem barely sketched.
Famous for his Impressionist style and for his paintings depicting everyday life, nature and the women in his life, his paintings depict scenes of Parisian life at the time.
Renoir’s art influenced many other artists, including Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, and in this post I will tell you about his works in five points.
Life and works of Renoir
Describing the life and works of Michelangelo Pistoletto means understanding a piece of 20th century art history.
Pistoletto is an Italian artist born in Biella in 1933 and is considered one of the main exponents of Arte Povera, an art movement that originated in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s.
Life and works of Michelangelo Pistoletto
Paolo Veronese was a 16th century Italian painter and is considered one of the most important representatives of Venetian Renaissance painting.
His real name was Paolo Caliari, but he was known as ‘Veronese‘ because he was born in the city of Verona.
Veronese painted many commissioned paintings for Venetian churches and palaces, often depicting biblical and mythological scenes with great pomp and majesty.
His most famous work is ‘The Wedding at Cana’, a large oil painting depicting the miracle of Jesus in the town of Cana, described in the Gospel of John.
Andrea Mantegna was an Italian Renaissance painter and engraver, best known for his paintings of historical and mythological subjects, as well as his attention to perspective and realistic rendering of details.
Here is what you need to know about his life and works.
5 things about Andrea Mantegna
