Picnics in the Arts:

A famous example is the painting ‘Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe’ by Édouard Manet, which depicts a picnic in a bucolic setting.
It was painted between 1862 and 1863 and caused a great scandal when it was exhibited in Paris for the first time, becoming an icon of the Impressionist movement. Today it is kept in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Many other masters made the picnic a theme of their works, from Tissot to Manet, Botero to Picasso.
Here we show a more contemporary work, by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano.
Picnic and the Art of Film: One of the most famous picnics in history is the ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, which inspired both a book and a film. The story, set in Australia, tells of a group of schoolgirls who mysteriously disappear during a picnic.