In 1863 Manet's " Dejeuner sur l'Herbe " and " Olympia " not only shocked Paris but also liberated an entire generation of young painters from the constraints of academic art.
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Perhaps not, but it is beloved in France and in much of Europe as the ultimate summer wine, a wine for picnics ( dejeuner sur l'herbe, as they say over there ) and for parties.
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A second is a smaller version of Manet's " Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe " ( " Luncheon on the Grass " ), which hangs in Paris's Musee d'Orsay.
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The other afternoon as I watched from the kitchen window, Sheena zoomed down the side of the big pine and skidded to a rather ungraceful halt right at the rim of the saucer where Fats was enjoying a lengthy petit dejeuner.
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The identity of the girl is not known; the " governess " is Victorine Meurent, who was also Manet's model for " Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe " and " Olympia ."
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Manet also sprinkled still lifes throughout his more strident figurative works : the basket of fruit spilling across the pile of garments in " Dejeuner " and the copious bouquet of flowers a maid displays to the unfazed Olympia being but two examples.
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WE DO LIKE LE PETIT DEJEUNER . Our hotel in Montparnasse, the Waldorf ( no relation to THE Waldorf ), was a typically nice three-star hotel which offered a typically nice breakfast of rolls and croissants, coffee and hot chocolate.
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In the Talking Band's " Giaconda and Si-Ya-U, " classic paintings like Manet's " Dejeuner sur l'herbe " came to life, with starched collars and frock coats juxtaposed with nudity.
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Then head for the Parc de la Tete d'Or, the sprawling expanse on the north side of town, claim a swatch of greensward, and have a two-hour " dejeuner sur l'herbe " with a bottle ( or two ) of Chiroubles.
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One page offers French translations of vital English phrases commonly used in Cannes like : " Let's do lunch " ( On se fait dejeuner ) and " I'll have my people call your people " ( Mon assistante appellera votre assistante ).
