How Did The Influence Of The Luncheon On The Salon

In the nineteenth century the Royal Academies of Art in France and England were significant art societies in Europe. The schools held annual or semi-annual exhibitions, where artists could display their work to gain critical notice, known as the Salon. The Salon was run by the art academies, as a result the art that was selected to be shown had the technique and style that was taught there and nothing else. Edouard Manet was one of several artists at the time that challenged the academic traditions and expectations of the Salon; he did this by showing brush strokes, purposefully skewing perspective, and showing women in the nude. Inspiring artists that followed, such as Picasso and Pollock to continue his ideas and to further the question of what a painting could be. …show more content…
Manet began to then leave his brush strokes visible as opposed to blending them, as seen in Luncheon on the Grass and Music in the Tuileries. Luncheon on the Grass was the beginning of Manet showing his brush strokes, the strokes are visible in the fruit he painted near the front, as well as the background. Music in the Tuileries is more expressive, the trees are stylized and less realistic, while Manet paints a variety of people they are not depicted using the classical Greek canon of the figure that was taught in the