When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia is hung in the Salon of Paris in 1865, it is met with jeers, laughter, criticism, and disdain. It is attacked by the public, the critics, the newspapers.

His style bridged the gap between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism with his often revolutionary works. Perhaps his most famous painting is The Luncheon on the Grass. Here, Manet drew ...