Clair de lune à Overschie | Johan Jongkind | 1855 17th Century Under her bow

Under her bow

it established his international reputation and today is widely seen as seminal in the early history of the Romantic movement in French painting

often associated with introspective states

the precise meaning of which has been argued over for centuries

Captured in 1805

Clair de lune à Overschie | Johan Jongkind | 1855 17th Century Under her bowJongkind's most frequent subject was the marine landscape, which he painted both in the Netherlands and in France. Many of his works depict the Seine, particularly the area near Notre Dame Cathedral. He painted watercolors out of doors, and used them as sketches for oil paintings made in his studio. His paintings are characterized by vigorous brushwork and strong contrasts. Like the 17th century Dutch landscape painters of the Golden Age of Dutch