Claude MonetFrench, 1840–1926Luncheon on the Grass
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Luncheon on the Grass” now? Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
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, while a smaller 1866 version is now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Monet originally wanted to submit the painting to the Salon of 1866, but he underestimated how long it would take him to transfer his sketches to a life-size canvas, so it remained unfinished by the time of the exhibition.
Monet later offered the large canvas of Déjeuner to his landlord in place of rent. When Monet bought it back from his landlord, it was badly damaged from the damp environment in which it was stored. Monet had to cut it up in order to preserve the non-damaged parts.
Details
- Accession number
- RF 1987 12
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Claude Monet · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Claude Monet
The whole life1865
Salon debut
Monet made his Salon debut with the paintings "Cape La Hève at Low Tide" and "The Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur," which met with great approval.
8 August 1867
Birth of his son Jean
Monet and Camille Doncieux had their first son, Jean.
8 August 1867
Son born: Jean Monet
