Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)

by Pericles Lewis Edouard Manet’s painting “Luncheon on the Grass” (“Déjeuner sur l’Herbe,” 1863) was one of a number of impressionist works that broke away from the classical view that art should obey established conventions and seek to achieve timelessness. The painting was rejected by the salon that displayed painting approved by the official French… Continue Reading Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)