Jeanne Rongier | |
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Born | Mâcon, France | November 27, 1852
Died | Paris, France | January 19, 1929
Nationality | French |
Known for | Painting |
Jeanne Rongier (November 27, 1852 – January 19, 1929) was a French painter.
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Rongier was born in Mâcon where she took lessons from Henri Senart.[1] She later took lessons from Henri Joseph Harpignies, and Evariste Vital Luminais.[1] She is known for historic genre works after old masters such as Frans Hals and Jacob Duck.[1]
Rongier exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Building, the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
Her painting Sitting for a portrait in 1806, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jeanne Rongier in the RKD
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905