The oak and art
Oaks represent 35% of the trees in French woods. This is why one could suppose that Edouard Manet couldn't but paint oaks in one of his most famous paintings: "le Déjeuner sur l'herbe".
This oil on canvas measures 206 by 204,5 cm and can be admired in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. "Le Luncheon on the Grass" was painted in 1862-3.
One should know that the juxtaposition of a female nude with two fully dressed men shocked the French public much at the time.
And yet, it inspired one of the most famous and talented painters of the last century i.e Pablo Picasso.
This oil on canvas measures 206 by 204,5 cm and can be admired in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. "Le Luncheon on the Grass" was painted in 1862-3.
One should know that the juxtaposition of a female nude with two fully dressed men shocked the French public much at the time.
And yet, it inspired one of the most famous and talented painters of the last century i.e Pablo Picasso.
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