Description

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.

Provenance

Jean Baptiste Théophile, also known as Théophile Bascle (died 1882); his estate sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, April 12-14, 1883, lot 65 [according to Hebert sale catalogue]. Madame Hebert, Paris; her estate sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, March 15, 1926, lot 45 (ill.), to Dru [according to Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot]. Van Gelder, Paris, by 1930 to at least 1932 [lent to The Hague and Amsterdam exh.; see also Roger-Marx 1932]. John Dorus Van Itallie, New Jersey [information provided by Lock Galleries]. Lock Galleries, New York; sold to the Art Institute, 1968.

Entrance to the Port of Honfleur

Johan Barthold Jongkind

1863–64

Accession Number

30361

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

42.2 × 56.2 cm (16 5/8 × 22 1/4 in.); Framed: 62.9 × 76.9 × 8.9 cm (24 3/4 × 30 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

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