Jeanne Rongier
French painter
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Jeanne Rongier (French pronunciation: [ʒan ʁɔ̃ʒje]; November 27, 1852 – January 19, 1929) was a French painter.
Jeanne Rongier | |
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| Born | November 27, 1852 Mâcon, France |
| Died | January 19, 1929 Paris, France |
| Known for | Painting |
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]
Rongier's painting Picking The Dandelion was last seen in Genshiro Kawamoto's abandoned art collection after his arrest in 2013.[4] This painting was previously owned by Sotheby's and auctioned off June 15th 1994.[5]
