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From: Ron
Remote Name: 68.0.177.189
Date: 09/04/2012
Time: 11:16:20 PM
Bill, That is interesting. Here is a link to the painting (http://www.reproarte.com/Kunstwerke/Franz+von_Defregger/Gro%c3%9fvaters+Tanzunterricht/17148.html which is entitled “Großvaters Tanzunterricht.” I believe this translates to Grandfather’s dance or Grandfather teaching dance. Another site (http://www.sagen.at/doku/volksleben/almfeste.html says the title is “Grandfather’s dance class. Study:” and also that it sometimes entitled “The ball on the mountain” or “the dance on the mountain (Der Tanz auf der Alm)” My Defregger book (pages 300-1) shows another painting entitled “Tanz auf der Alm,” which is a different dancing scene although it also is in a tavern rather than an Alpine meadow. Ron