The Private Life of a Masterpiece

Édouard Manet: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (2x1)

Date de diffusion: Jan 18, 2003

Two men sitting on the grass, with a picnic nearby. They are not looking at a naked woman seated nearby, who stares brazenly out of the canvas at the viewer. In the background a second woman is doing something hard to quite see. Just what is going on? The full story of the painting that many believe is the beginning of modern art.