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AT-00009337The Seine at Bas-Meudon
About the Artwork
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."
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: Jongkind 1865
Provenance
1883: (Possibly Hotel Drouot, Paris, France, April 12-14, 1883, lot 84, sale Bascle Collection, sold to Paul Dutrimont) 1906: (Galerie George Petit, Paris, France, December 3-4, 1906, sale, Alexandre Blanc Collection, sold to Paul Detrimont, according to annotated catalogue in Frick library) Samuel Mather [1851-1931], Cleveland, OH, by descent to his daughter, Constance Mather Bishop Mrs. Robert H. Bishop, Jr., (Constance Mather Bishop) [1889-1969], Novelty, OH, by descent to her son, Dr. Johnathan S. Bishop -1993: Dr. Johathan S. Bishop, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1993-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819–1891)
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop
- Accession no.
- 1993.236
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