Stuck on a Crossword puzzle? Meet the Artist Behind “The Luncheon on the Grass

Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a leading role in the development of modern art in the late 19th century. “The Luncheon on the Grass” is one of his most famous and controversial paintings, and a major work of the Realist movement. Completed in 1863, the painting depicts a man and two women enjoying a picnic in a rural landscape, while a second woman, nude, bathes in a stream nearby. The composition caused scandal when it was first exhibited at the Salon des Refusés in Paris that same year, and remains an iconic and influential work in the history of art. Manet’s style, which combined shocking subject matter with a loose, impressionistic technique, was highly innovative for its time, and paved the way for the development of Impressionism and other avant-garde movements in the years to come.