How Edouard Manet Became "the Father of Impressionism" with the Scandalous Panting, Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (1863)
Briefly

The woman in this painting is not nude, she is naked. Whereas the nude is posed, perfect, idealized, the naked is just someone with no clothes on,
Victorine Meurent, the model in both Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe and Olympia, was a respected artist in her own right, exhibited at the Paris Salon, and showed strength of character.
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