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Entrance to the Port of Honfleur

A work made of oil on canvas.
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Date:

1863/64

Artist:

Johan Barthold Jongkind
Dutch, 1819-1891

About this artwork

Along with Eugène-Louis Boudin (see his Approaching Storm), Johan Barthold Jongkind brought a new spirit to the painting of coastal scenes. In content, palette, and technique, the works of these two older artists played an important part in the development of Impressionism. Claude Monet knew Boudin well and adopted him as his mentor, but he claimed that it was Jongkind who “educated his eye.” Though they painted their final compositions in the studio, both Boudin and Jongkind strove to retain the freshness of their plein-air (outdoor) sketches.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Title

Entrance to the Port of Honfleur

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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1863–1864

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower right: Jongkind 1864

Dimensions

42.2 × 56.2 cm (16 5/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Louise B. and Frank H. Woods Purchase Fund in honor of The Art Institute of Chicago Diamond Jubilee

Reference Number

1968.614

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