Dance in the City

Dance in the City is a painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.[1] The 1883 work is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.[2] The dancers are model and artist Suzanne Valadon and Renoir's friend Paul Auguste Lhôte.[2][3]

Dance in the City
Artist	Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year	1883
Type	Oil paint on canvas
Location	Musée d'Orsay, Paris

This work, along with companion pieces Dance in the Country and Dance at Bougival, was produced to order for the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. All three were painted in 1883 featuring two people dancing in different environments (although the woman in Dance in the Country was modelled by Aline Charigot, later Renoir's wife).[4]

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  Dance in the Country, 1883
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  Dance at Bougival, 1883

References

1. Peter Schjeldahl (February 7, 2012). "Renoir at The Frick: Go See "Dance at Bougival"". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
2. "Pierre Auguste Renoir: City Dance, Country Dance". Musée d'Orsay. 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
3. Sebastian Smee (18 May 2012). "At MFA, dancing the night away in the arms of Renoir". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
4. "Dance in the City by Pierre Auguste Renoir". Painting-Planet. Retrieved 15 January 2020.