# Bal du Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

- Created: 1876
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France — https://worldmuseumguide.org/museums/musee-dorsay/

Bal du Moulin de la Galette is an oil painting by French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, completed in 1876. It depicts a Sunday afternoon at the open-air dance hall of the Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, Paris, where working-class Parisians danced and socialised in the dappled sunlight. The painting is famous for its flickering light, joyful atmosphere, and the complexity of its crowd scene. It is displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. In 1990 it sold at auction for $78.1 million.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/bal-du-moulin-de-la-galette/ — World Museum Guide.