Jongkind was born in Latrop (Holland). He was influenced by Isabey. He lived partly in Holland, and partly in France. He specialised in landscapes. He was a friend of Boudin and influenced the young Monet .
Johan Barthold Jongkind
1819 - 1891
Paintings by Johan Barthold Jongkind
![River Scene](/media/34254/n-4583-00-000014-hd.jpg?cc=0.15625000000000003,0,0.19270833333333326,0&width=576&height=576&v=1d65445ca92c020&bgcolor=fff)
A solitary man stands in a boat on a river in a rural landscape. The sun has just set, leaving a warm glow and a tranquil atmosphere. The small boats on the riverbank and the ship in the distance suggest the bustle of activity that had taken place on the river earlier in the day. A large ship was...
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![The Boulevard de Port-Royal, Paris](/media/34709/n-6529-00-000016-hd.jpg?cc=0.30651041666666667,0,0.080468750000000047,0&width=576&height=576&v=1d6544a56e50110&bgcolor=fff)
Johan Barthold Jongkind produced several views of the boulevard de Port-Royal, which was near his studio in Paris. He often made drawings and watercolour sketches of a scene which he would then use in his studio as the basis for his oil paintings; this picture relates to a watercolour of 1874.In...
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![Skating in Holland](/media/33957/n-3253-00-000012-hd.jpg?cc=0.24586111111111109,0,0.058305555555555617,0&width=576&height=576&v=1d65442cd54cdb0&bgcolor=fff)
Imitator of Johan Barthold Jongkind
In seventeenth-century Holland there was a fashion for depictions of winter scenes; this was a period of harsh winters that brought heavy snowfall and caused rivers to freeze over. This scene with people skating on a frozen river in Holland is similar to pictures made by Johan Barthold Jongkind,...
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