Title: The Luncheon on the Grass

Artist: Edouard Manet

Shocked the public with its realistic nude in a modern setting. / Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (French: [l? de?œne sy? l??b, -?øn-]; 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. It depicts a nude woman and a scantily dressed bathing woman on a picnic with two fully 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,[1] where the painting sparked public notoriety and controversy.[2] The work increased Manet's fame; in spite of this it failed to sell at its debut.[3] Édouard Manet – Déjeuner sur l'herbe (earlier version at the Courtauld) The work is in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[ A smaller, earlier version can be seen at the Courtauld Gallery, London.[5]