# Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe by Édouard Manet

- Created: 1863
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France — https://worldmuseumguide.org/museums/musee-dorsay/

Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) is an oil painting by French artist Édouard Manet, created in 1863. It depicts a nude woman sitting in a forest alongside two fully dressed young men, with a partially clothed woman bathing in the background. When rejected by the Paris Salon and exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, it caused enormous controversy. The painting is at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is considered one of the founding works of modern art.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe/ — World Museum Guide.