Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe – originally titled Le Bain – is a large oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet created in 1862 and 1863.
Edouard Manet Luncheon on the Grass Google Art Project
Édouard Manet – Déjeuner sur l'herbe (earlier version at the Courtauld)
Judgement of Paris Engraving (c. 1515) by Marcantonio Raimondi to a design by Raphael
The Pastoral Concert (c. 1510) by Giorgione or Titian, Louvre, Paris, cited as an inspiration for Manet's painting
Salon des Refusés
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The Salon des Refusés, French for "exhibition of rejects", is generally known as an exhibition of works rejected by the jury of the official Paris Salon, but the term is most famously used to refer to
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
…dressed men in a rural setting. Rejected by the Salon jury of 1863, Manet seized the opportunity to exhibit this and two other paintings in the 1863 Salon des Refusés, where the painting sparked public notoriety and controversy. The work increased Manet's fame; in spite of this it failed to sell at its debut. The…
Whistler James Symphony in White no 1 1862
The Palais de l'Industrie, where the event took place. Photo by Édouard Baldus.