Moulin de la Galette
1915
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1915
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This shows a lively crowd at a Paris dance hall in the late 1800s. Sunlight filters through trees, dappling the figures below. The scene feels warm and alive, like a snapshot of joy. Delâtre often worked from photos, not life. He used soft edges to blend light and shadow. This gives the painting a hazy, dreamy look. Look up the technique called *sfumato* if you want to see how artists blur edges to create depth.
![The Terrace [lower right]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/a2ffdcfd2694be26/thumb.webp)
