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Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe

Also Known As Luncheon on the Grass (English title)

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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
1863 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Musee d'Orsay, Paris (accession RF 1668) 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Created By

Edouard Manet, Artists
Source Musee d'Orsay

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Painting, Art Forms

In Movement

Realism, Movements
Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
Sources
1. Musee d'Orsay
Musee d'Orsay, ParisView the Source
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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