Wall label

Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841–1919 · 1876

A Sunday afternoon dance party in a busy outdoor café in Montmartre, Paris. Sunlight comes through the trees and dapples the dancers in spots of gold.

Why it's great for language

A crowd dancing and chatting — perfect for the present continuous and city vocabulary.

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Bal du moulin de la Galette

On view

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Set the room

Shape the lesson

The painting adapts to your focus — chosen now: Bal du moulin de la Galette.

CEFR level

Language focus

Pick one thing your students will actually walk out able to do.

Duration

Optional finishEnd with an art response (students make their own)Learners create their own artwork inspired by the painting's style, subject or mood — and use the target language while planning, labelling and presenting it.

Make it yours

One thing about your class — and the lesson will feel built for them.

Optional — but teachers who add this say the lesson lands better.

A complete lesson, painted around Bal du moulin de la Galette.