Artworks such as The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia (both from 1863) would prove to be watershed pieces that retrospectively marked the entrance into a new artistic period.
Édouard Manet was a French artist whose works sparked both reverence and controversy. Artworks such as The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia (both from 1863) would prove to be watershed pieces that retrospectively marked the entrance into a new artistic period. It was artworks such as these that saw these untrammeled artists deal with disapproved styles and taboo subjects.