Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891)
Entrance to the Port of Honfleur
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Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891)1863–64
Entrance to the Port of Honfleur
Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891) →Impressionism19th centurynineteenth centuryoil on canvaspaint
Date
1863–64
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
42.2 × 56.2 cm (16 5/8 × 22 1/4 in.); Framed: 62.9 × 76.9 × 8.9 cm (24 3/4 × 30 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Louise B. and Frank H. Woods Purchase Fund in honor of The Art Institute of Chicago Diamond Jubilee
Along with Eugène-Louis Boudin (see his Approaching Storm), Johan Barthold Jongkind brought a new spirit to the painting of coastal scenes. In content, palette, and technique, the works of these two older artists played an important part in the development of Impressionism. Claude Monet knew Boudin well and adopted him as his mentor, but he claimed that it was Jongkind who “educated his eye.” Though they painted their final compositions in the studio, both Boudin and Jongkind strove to retain the freshness of their plein-air (outdoor) sketches.
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