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Who painted “Luncheon on the Grass”?

“Luncheon on the Grass” was painted by Claude Monet in 1866. Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay.

Luncheon on the Grass — Claude Monet

Impressionism

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Claude Monet: small broken strokes of pure colour, the same motif painted again and again in changing light — haystacks, cathedrals, water lilies — and no black in the shadows.

Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Wikipedia

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