The breakfast in the green, originally "The bathroom", is a painting by the French artist Édouard Manet. A friend of the painter reports that he and Manet had taken a trip to a lake shore on a summer day. There, women were bathing and Manet said, "It seems I have to paint an act. I will be blown away. Let's say what you want! "The picture is self-explanatory: Two women organize a picnic with their lovers. The originally planned title La Partie carée ('The fleet four') makes it even clearer. The painting was promptly rejected by the Salon de Paris. But then Emperor Napoleon III. personally to make a salon of Refusés. Thus, the breakfast in the open to the public and causes ridicule and scandal. Probably this response is due to the presentation of the mass: The salon of the Refusés was to enter via a turnstile, which reminded of a curio cabinet of a Jahrjahr. Also, the countless pictures almost completely filled the walls up to the ceiling.

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Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet. Available as an art print on canvas, photo paper, watercolor board, uncoated paper or Japanese paper.
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