The artistic public of the 1860s most likely rejected Edouard Manet's luncheon on the grass as it was seen as an affront to people's sense of propriety.
Edouard Manet was a French painter who painted the Luncheon on the Grass in 1863. It depicted two woman, one without clothes, lunching with two well dressed man in a forest. One woman is staring at the viewer.
The painting became controversial when it first came out and the artistic public rejected it. One reason was that it was perceived as an affront to the public’s sense of propriety. It pointed to the rampant prostitution in Paris at the time. Critics also criticized the lack of interaction between the figures at the foreground and the bathing woman in the background.
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