Édouard ManetFrancia, 1832–1883Almuerzo sobre la hierba
Luncheon on the Grass
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Sobre el cuadro
El almuerzo sobre la hierba (en francés: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) es un cuadro al óleo de 208 cm de altura y 264,5 cm de largo, pintado por Édouard Manet en 1863. Se exhibe en el Museo de Orsay de París.
La yuxtaposición de un desnudo femenino con caballeros completamente vestidos suscitó controversia cuando la obra se mostró por vez primera en el Salon des Refusés en 1863, después de ser rechazado por el Salón oficial. Fue el lienzo «más irritante y controvertido» de esa exposición de obras rechazadas. Aparte de considerar vulgar el que una mujer estuviera desnuda junto a jóvenes vestidos, numerosos críticos rechazaron la modernidad del estilo, desde el punto de vista cromático y compositivo.
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- Imagen: Museo de Orsay — Édouard Manet · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
En la vida de Édouard Manet
La vida entera1861
His first participation in the Salon
In 1861 the Salon accepted two canvases by Manet: “Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Manet” and “The Spanish Singer”. Critics received the portrait coldly, while “The Spanish Singer” was admired by Théophile Gautier and, because of its popularity, hung in a more conspicuous place; the work intrigued young artists and brought new business to his studio.
1862
“Music in the Tuileries”: the fury of the public
In 1862 Manet exhibited “Music in the Tuileries” (probably painted in 1860), where the strollers include the poet Baudelaire, the musician Offenbach and the artist himself. It mostly provoked fury: the thick brushstrokes looked crude and unfinished, several visitors threatened to destroy the canvas; Delacroix defended it, and the controversy made Manet a well-known name in Paris.
1863
“The Luncheon on the Grass” at the Salon des Refusés
The Salon of 1863 rejected “The Luncheon on the Grass” (originally “Le Bain”), and Manet exhibited it at the Salon des Refusés, a parallel exhibition initiated by Napoleon III after a public outcry, the jury having accepted only 2,217 of more than 5,000 submissions. The juxtaposition of dressed men and a nude woman and the sketch-like handling caused a scandal; one critic compared the brushwork to a “floor mop”.
1863
Marries Suzanne Leenhoff
In 1863, a year after his father's death, Manet married Suzanne Leenhoff at a Protestant church: a Dutch-born piano teacher two years his senior with whom he had been romantically involved for about ten years. Auguste Manet had employed her to teach his sons the piano, and she may also have been Auguste's mistress.
1863
Married: Suzanne Manet
1865
“Olympia” at the Salon: a scandal
In 1865 the Salon accepted “Olympia”, and the frank depiction of a self-assured prostitute created a scandal; according to Antonin Proust, only the precautions taken by the administration prevented the painting from being punctured and torn. The popular press caricatured it, while the avant-garde, including Courbet, Cézanne and Monet, championed it.
