Johan Barthold JongkindDutch, 1819–1891The Seine at Bas-Meudon
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “The Seine at Bas-Meudon” now? The Cleveland Museum of Art, 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism, Cleveland. Yes, on view now. Checked October 12, 2026.
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
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."
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 1993.236
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
