![]() The two men are fully clothed, however, one of the women wears a revealing dress, while the other is nude. In this painting, the artist portrayed four people having a picnic in nature. At the time, although widespread but rarely admitted, sex workers used to meet with their clients in French parks. ![]() The painting stirred both laughter and harsh critiques from the public, which was deeply alarmed by the mundane setting in which such a scene took place. Therefore, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe debuted at the Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected), a parallel exhibition initiated by Emperor Napoleon III, where all of the artworks rejected by the Salon have been exhibited. That year, the jury was ruthless, rejecting over half of the submissions. ![]() The jury of the Salon rejected in 1863 Manet’s first major controversial masterpiece, Luncheon on the Grass ( Le déjeuner sur l’herbe). ![]() Some of his paintings were very controversial. ![]()
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