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1819
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Born in Lattrop, province of Overyssel, Netherlands.
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Spends childhood and youth near Rotterdam.
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1836
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Pupil at the Drawing Academy in The Hague, where he studies with Andreas Schelfhout.
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1838-1844
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Lives in The Hague. Obtains a grant.
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1845
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Arrives in Paris to enter the studio of Eugene Isabey.
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1846-1854
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Jongkind’s first atelier, Place Pigalle. First trip to Normandy and Brittany. Returns to The Netherlands.
Exhibits at the Paris Salon (1852-1853). Leads a somber and dissolute life, in poverty.
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1855-1860
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Returns to The Netherlands where he lives in a deep loneliness. Spends a few months in Paris in 1857, where he meets Gustave Courbet.
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1860
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His friends organize a big sale of works by Corot, Daubigny, Isabey, Rousseau, etc... for his profit which allows him to return to Paris. Meets Joséphine Fesser, painter herself, who will become his companion.
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1861
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Settles in the Rue de Chevreuse. Many visits to Normandy and the Nivernais.
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1862
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First meeting with Claude Monet in Sainte-Adresse.
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1863
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Exhibits at the Salon des Refusés with Manet, Fantin-Latour, Whistler, Cézanne.
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1864
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Second meeting with Claude Monet in Honfleur. Remembering this sojourn, Monet will later say: "c’est à lui que je dois l’éducation de mon oeil."
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1865-1867
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Trips to Honfleur, Nevers, Belgium and The Netherlands.
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1870
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Leaves Paris besieged by the Germans and escapes to Nevers with Mrs Fesser: makes many watercolours of Nevers from his window.
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1871
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Returns to Paris in March. Paints mainly views of The Netherlands, scenes of Paris’ streets and suburbs. Spends September in Nevers.
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1872
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1873
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Exhibits at the Salon des Refusés.
First stay in Pupetière (Dauphiné) where Mrs. Fessers’ son, Jules, is employed. Sojourns to South, Avignon and Marseilles and to the Nivernais.
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1874-1875
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Spends the summer in Nevers, Pupetière, Lyon, Saint-Parize-le-Chatel, Geneva and Nyon.
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1876
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His health declining, he paints less; mainly views of Paris and Pupetière.
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1877
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Spends several months in Dauphiné where he makes many watercolours. Some views of the Netherlands.
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1878
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Settles progressively in the Fesser’s house at La Côte Saint André with the Fesser family. Shorter stays in Paris.
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1880
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Travels to the South of France.
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1881
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Shares his time between La Côte Saint André and Paris. Several views of Marseille and Toulon after the sketches of the year before.
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1882
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Exhibits in the Gallery of Paul Détrimont, rue Laffitte. Obtains a great success.
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1883
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Successful sale at the Hotel Drouot of the Bascle’s collection; it included 83 paintings and 21 watercolours by Jongking.
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1884
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Series of watercolours of Grenoble, La Côte Saint André and the area.
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1887
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1889
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Important sight troubles.
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1890
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Decline of his physical state. Old paranoiac ideas return. Executes several paintings and watercolours.
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1891
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Dies on February 9 at age seventy two, at La Côte Saint André. His companion, Madame Joséphine Fesser dies on November 23 of the same year.
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