Rejected by the 1863 Salon jury, Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass) was shown instead at the Emperor-sanctioned Salon des Refuses under the title Le Bain, where its nude woman picnicking among two clothed men became the exhibition's principal attraction and source of scandal.
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Year Created LocationMusee d'Orsay, Paris (accession RF 1668) 2 Medium
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Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
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Source Musee d'Orsay
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1. Wikipedia: Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe
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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (French: [lə deʒœne syʁ lɛʁb, -ʒøn-]; The Luncheon on the Grass) - originally titled Le Bain (The Bath) - is a large oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet created in 1862 and 1863.
2. Musee d'Orsay
Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Fred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage LearningIn Movement: Realism, chapter on Realism, section on Edouard Manet
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