From Renoir to Rivera: Dance Across Art History
A DailyArt Magazine survey traces depictions of dance across centuries and cultures, from Renoir's 1876 'Dance at Moulin de la Galette' to Diego Rivera's 1928 'Dance of Tehuantepec'. Renoir's Impressionist masterpiece, shown at the 1877 Impressionist Exhibition, initially faced harsh criticism. Anders Zorn's 1897 'Midsummer Dance' captures a Swedish celebration in Morkarlby. Edgar Degas' 'Dancer Making Points' (ca. 1874–1876) shows a ballerina in a yellow tutu. Valentine Hugo documented Ballets Russes performances. Rivera's monumental canvas (199 x 162 cm) represents the zandunga from Oaxaca. John Singer Sargent's 1882 'El Jaleo' depicts a Romani dancer inspired by an 1879 trip to southern Spain. Miyagawa Chōshun's early 18th-century ukiyo-e painting shows Ryukyuan dancers. An Indian miniature from ca. 1840 illustrates Krishna's Raslila. Shaykhzada's 1523–1524 folio depicts Sufi whirling dervishes in Herat.
Key facts
- Renoir's 'Dance at Moulin de la Galette' (1876) is at Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
- Zorn's 'Midsummer Dance' (1897) is at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
- Degas' 'Dancer Making Points' (ca. 1874–1876) is at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
- Rivera's 'Dance of Tehuantepec' (1928) is at MALBA, Buenos Aires.
- Sargent's 'El Jaleo' (1882) is at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
- Chōshun's painting (c. 1710–1718) is in the Weston Collection, Chicago.
- The Indian miniature (c. 1840) is at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
- Shaykhzada's folio (1523–1524) is at National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC.
Entities
Artists
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Anders Zorn
- Edgar Degas
- Valentine Hugo
- Diego Rivera
- John Singer Sargent
- Miyagawa Chōshun
- Shaykhzada
- Serge Diaghilev
- Vaslav Nijinsky
- Tamara Karsavina
- Marie Piltz
- Krishna
- Radha
- Hafiz
- Edward Poynter
- Gustave Moreau
- Bihzad
Institutions
- Musée d'Orsay
- Nationalmuseum
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- MALBA
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Weston Collection
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Thèâtre du Châtelet
- Ballets Russes
- DailyArt Magazine
- Hammer Museum
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Kansas City
- MO
- USA
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Boston
- MA
- Chicago
- IL
- Sydney
- Australia
- Washington, DC
- Morkarlby
- Oaxaca
- Mexico
- southern Spain
- Ryukyu Islands
- Edo
- Herat
- Afghanistan
- Rome
- Pompeii
- Los Angeles
- California
- Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania
- New York City
- New York