![]() Monet attributed the “definitive education” of his artistic eye to Jongkind. He met Eugène Boudin, Alfred Sisley, and Claude Monet, and became a mentor to the three young artists. He returned to Holland for 5 years before going back to Paris, renting a studio and developing a style that would be critical to the consequent Impressionist movement. Jongkind would continue to struggle with his mental health and dependency issues throughout his life. Despite receiving praise from critics Charles Baudelaire and Emile Zola, he experienced little success that induced depression worsened by alcoholism. After studying and working for two years, he was accepted into the Paris Salon exhibition. After training at the art academy in The Hague, he moved to Monparnasse, Paris. ![]() Johan Bathold Jongkind (1819-1891) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who is widely recognized as a forefather of Impressionism. Jongkind’s signature and the year 1874 is found in the bottom left corner of the composition. This painted panel is framed in an aged gold frame with a paper label on the reverse. This exact painting was created in 1874, at that pivotal point in the Impressionist movement and in art history as a whole. Following the rejection of his painting “Moonlight in Rotterdam” at the 1873 Salon, he refused to participate in such exhibitions again. In 1874, Jongkind was extended an invitation to participate in the first exhibition of Impressionist works at the Salon in Paris, but declined. The low horizon, deep contrast in color, and loose yet intentional brushstrokes are quintessential to Jongkind’s style. This painting is considered “nocturnally perfect” with radiating moonlight in a cloudy sky being perfectly reflected in the shimmering waters underneath. This painting on panel features a moonlit maritime scene that Jongkind is best known for. Own a piece of art history with this original oil on panel painting by the illustrious Dutch master and frontrunner of Impressionism, Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891).
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