Frigates

c. 1850–55

After moving to Paris from the Netherlands, Jongkind often visited Normandy to sketch the region's coastline and ports. Although Frigates is painted with great attention to detail, it combines elements from numerous watercolor sketches and probably does not depict a specific location. The artist’s sensitive recording of atmosphere and light would later influence Claude Monet, who attributed to Jongkind “the final education” of his eye.

Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	21 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (54.6 x 80.6 cm) Frame: 30 1/8 x 41 1/16 x 3 1/4 in. (76.5 x 104.3 x 8.3 cm)
Object Number	1974.4
Acquisition	Acquired in memory of Eugene W. Goodwillie (Institute Trustee, 1959–74), 1974
Status	On View

Image Caption

Johan Barthold Jongkind, Frigates, c. 1850–55, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, Acquired in memory of Eugene W Goodwillie Institute Trustee, , 1974.4

Select Bibliography

Cunningham, Charles C., Susan D. Peters, and Kathleen Zimmerer. Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists: Painters of the Ecole Saint-Siméon. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1977. Heckscher Museum, Huntington, N.Y.. Baudelaire's Voyages: The Poet and His Painters. Aug. 28-Nov. 14, 1993; Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, Jan. 16-March 30, 1994. (Exh.cat. by Jeffrey Coven). Victorine Bakker-Hefting.. Jongkind: sa vie, son oeuvre, son epoque.. Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques.. 1975.. Anonymous. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musées in 1975." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 87, no. 1286 (supplement, March 1976). Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. and The Netherlands-America Amity Trust, 1986. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Sillevis, John. Johan Barthold Jongkind 1819-1891. Gemeentemuseum Den Hag, October 11, 2003-January 17, 2004; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, February 6-May 8, 2004; Musée d'Orsay, June 6-September 19, 2004.. Réunion des Musées Nationaux. 2003. Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012. Ganz, James A. and Richard R. Brettell. Great French Paintings from the Clark: Barbizon through Impressionism. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications; Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2011.

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Provenance

Albert de Saint-Albin, Paris (d. 1901); Martell (until 1928), sale, Drouot, Paris, 26 June 1928, no. 13, ill., as Grand Voiliers; [E. J. Van Wisselingh, Amsterdam, sold to the Clark, 28 May 1974]; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1974.