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The Seine at Bas-Meudon

1865

Johan Barthold Jongkind

(Dutch, 1819–1891)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 55.6 x 69.5 x 11.1 cm (21 7/8 x 27 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.); Unframed: 34.1 x 48.1 cm (13 7/16 x 18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop 1993.236
Public Domain
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Location
222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
Print
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Fellow artist Edouard Manet considered Jongkind the "father of modern landscape painting."

Description

Although born and trained in Holland, Jongkind spent much of his life painting outdoors in France. In this depiction of Bas-Meudon near Paris, the artist applied paint in small patches of bright color to suggest the intensity of outdoor light. Although typcially finished in the studio from open-air sketches, Jongkind's oil paintings achieve a convincing immediacy that greatly impressed the young Claude Monet. The two met in the early 1860s and spent part of a summer painting together along the coast of Normandy. "From that time he was my real master," Monet later acknowledged, "it was to him that I owe the final education of my eye."
A horizontally oriented oil painting with textured brushstrokes depicts a river landscape. On the left, a tall, spindly tree and green foliage reflect in a calm river. To the right, a wide dirt road leads past tan buildings with pitched roofs. A horse-drawn cart and small figures populate the path. A pale blue sky with large, white clouds fills the upper half. An artist signature and date appear in the lower right.

The Seine at Bas-Meudon

1865

Johan Barthold Jongkind

(Dutch, 1819–1891)
France, 19th century

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