Jeanne Rongier | |
Birth Date: | November 27, 1852 |
Birth Place: | Mâcon, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Field: | Painting |
Jeanne Rongier (November 27, 1852 – January 19, 1929) was a French painter.
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]