2-706-022 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Picnic', 1863, (1937). A nude woman casually lunching with two fully dressed men, this work sparked controversy when it was exhibited in the 1863 Salon des Refusés in Paris. Painting, also known as 'Le déjeuner sur l'herbe' (The Luncheon on the Grass), in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. From "The Impressionists" by Wilhelm Uhde. [The Phaidon Press, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, Vienna & London, 1937]