Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre Auguste Renoir
It is the most expensive painting. The cost was $78,100,000 in 1990. It was painted by Pierre Auguste Renoir’s. His art celebrates life’s temporal pleasures, the ‘here and now’ of his time, more than any other impressionist artist. He preferred to paint his friends and lovers.
His masterful depictions of their candid facial features and body stances convey the youthful spirit and intimate charm that ignited the feeling of an Eden of earthly pleasures.
Pierre Auguste Renoir’s liked to go there to paint the common Parisians living and loving in the afternoon sun. The sunlight filtering though the trees creates a kaleidoscope of colors, like the 19th century equivalent of a mirror ball throwing darts of light onto the dancers.
He captures the dappled light with quick blobs of yellow staining round, the men’s jackets, and the sun –dappled straw hat. The painting glows with bright colors. Even the shadows on the ground, which should be gray or black, are colored a warm blue.
Renoir’s work is lighthearted, with light colors, almost pastels. He seems to be searching for n ideal, the pure beauty on the ground floor.
Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre Auguste Renoir
