Dance at the Moulin Rouge

Date: 1889
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA

The painting depicts a lively dance scene dominated by the figure of an elegant red-haired woman in a beige dress with red details and black heels dancing with a tall, well-dressed dark-boned man in a black suit and top hat. Her dress has a dynamic movement and is decorated with yellow highlights. Around the couple is a group of people in period costumes who surround him and watch the dance. The interior of an elegant hall is out of focus in the background.

Toulouse-Lautrec painted picture Dance at the Moulin Rouge in 1889. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). His full was name Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa. French painter, illustrator and printer. His work includes paintings and hundreds of posters. It is renowned for its elegance and provocativeness. Together with Cézanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, he was one of the most famous painters of Post-Impressionism. He suffered health problems (a rare genetic disorder is named after him). He warded of depression and gloom with alcohol, to which he was addicted. In twenty years, he painted 737 paintings, 5084 drawings and sketches and hundreds of posters. He was influenced by Impressionism - especially Manet and Degas. He was a master of group paintings from the artistic scene, nightlife, bars and cafés. He painted expressions and attitudes of the characters in the paintings with great detail and used contours and long brush strokes.