How to Read Paintings: Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet
A beguiling artwork thought to be the very first modern painting
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6 min readMar 10, 2021
This painting shows a group of four people gathered together in a wooded grove. They are eating a picnic of fruit and bread among the dappled shade of the park. A small lake in the background has a rowing boat moored to its shore, indicating that…
