Johan Barthold Jongkind (Lattrop, June 3, 1819 - La Cote-Saint-Andre, February 9, 1891) was a Dutch painter and printmaker regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism who influenced Eugene Boudin. In 1861 he rented a studio on the rue de Chevreuse in Montparnasse where some of his paintings began to show glimpses of the Impressionist style to come. In 1862 he met in Normandy with some of his artist friends, such as Alfred Sisley and Eugene Boudin, the young Claude Monet who later referred to Jongkind as "...a quiet man with such a talent that is beyond words."
[National Gallery of Art, Washington - Oil on canvas, 34.3 x 47 cm]