Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
Central panel, Musée d'Orsay
ArtistClaude Monet
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions248.9 cm × 218.0 cm (98.0 in × 85.8 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
Monet (left) with Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe in the large studio at his home in Giverny, France, c. 1920

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (English: Luncheon on the Grass) is an 1865–1866 oil on canvas painting by Claude Monet, produced in response to the 1863 work of the same title by Édouard Manet. It remains unfinished, but two large fragments (central and left panels) are now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris,[1][2] whilst a smaller 1866 version is now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.[3]

Monet included the artist Gustave Courbet in the painting.

Description

The painting in its whole depicts twelve people. They are clothed in Parisian fashion of the time. They are having a picnic near a forest glade. The people are gathered around a white picnic blanket, where food as fruits, cake or wine is located. The mood in this natural space is primarily created by the play of light and shadow, which originates by deciduous tree above them.

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (left panel), Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, a smaller 1866 version, Pushkin Museum in Moscow

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (partie gauche)". musee-orsay.fr.
  2. ↑ "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (panneau central)". musee-orsay.fr.
  3. ↑ "Déjeuner sur l'herbe". newestmuseum.ru.
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