Express your personal style with our small matted prints - suitable for framing. The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, on the Seine outside Paris, were popular recreation spots for city dwellers, including the Impressionist painters. Renoir, who was primarily a figure painter, uses intense color and lush brushwork to heighten the sense of pleasure conveyed by the whirling couple who dominate the composition. The woman’s face, framed by her red bonnet, is the focus of attention, both ours and her companion’s.
Details
Dance at Bougival, 1883
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
181.9 x 98.1 cm (71 5/8 x 38 5/8 in.)
Oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Picture Fund
37.375
Matted to a standard 11 x 14 format.
