Johan Barthold Jongkind

Happy Birthday Johan Barthold Jongkind!! Dutch born landscape painter, Jongkind is considered the forerunner to Impressionism and was a teacher and great influence for Monet. He lived primarily in France. Although his early work is reminiscent of previous Dutch landscape painters we've looked at, he quickly developed his own style. He painted outdoors (a new practice) and was fascinated with painting “slices of life” of the streets of Paris. He became acquainted with Manet and later Monet. His painting below is of a familiar Parisian view called The Seine and Notre-Dame in Paris.