(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, whilst a smaller 1866 version is now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.

Monet included the artist Gustave Courbet in the painting.

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Monet, Paris)

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 (Monet, Paris)

See also

List of paintings by Claude Monet

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Monet, Moscow)

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Monet, Paris)

References

External links

Catalogue entry, Musée d'Orsay

Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay

Paintings by Claude Monet

1866 paintings

Food and drink paintings

Unfinished paintings

Works about picnics

Paintings in the Pushkin Museum