The Société des amis de Jongkind (“Association of the Friends of Jongkind“) is a not for profit association (n° 194432 of the 1901 French law) which was founded in 1970 by Mr. Jean-Maurice Rieu (1921-2012). Since March 1st 1995, Mr. François Auffret has taken the torch as the President. The goals of the association remain essentially the same as they were at its foundation:

The threes goals of the Société des amis de Jongkind :

1 - To promote familiarity with the oeuvre of Johan Barthold Jongkind, and to that end, to gather and disseminate as much information as possible on his oeuvre.
2 - To promote familiarity with Johan Barthold Jongkind the person, both in and outside France.
3 - To work toward the creation of a Jongkind Museum in France and promote Jongkind's oeuvre, possibly in partnership with an institution interested in substantive, long-term cooperation with the Association.

(Voted on Novembre, 25 2005)

 

The team is currently composed as following:

 

Activity	Name	City, Country
Président d'honneur	M. Jup de Groot	Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Président	M. François Auffret	Paris, France
Vice-président (Relations extérieures)	M. Jaap Jongkind	Haarlem, the Netherlands
Vice-présidente (Relations avec les Musées/Institutions)	Melle Lauranne Neveu	Avignon, France
Secrétaire	Mme Anne-Marie Pérol	Paris, France
Trésorier	M. Arthur Miesen	Paris, France

 

 

This association aims to:
1 - To publicize the work of Johan Barthold Jongkind, and to do this, gather and disseminate all possible information about his work.
2 - Promote in France and abroad the person Johan Barthold Jongkind.
3 - Working towards the creation in France of a Jongkind Museum, and promote the work of Jongkind, possibly in partnership with institution willing to cooperate with our combination of manifestly, substantial and sustainable.

Link: 2005 11 25 STATUTS SAJ

 

Since the founding of the "Society of Friends of Jongkind" in March 1970 by Jean-Maurice Rieu (1921-2012) at the end of 2014, about 380 people attended. Some have joined few years. At the end of that year, 2014, some 63 members were "active", some of them for quite a long time.
The vast majority of members are in French territory; However, we must mention a few members who come from the birthplace of Johan Barthold Jongkind or a few other countries; Jongkind's work has no boundaries. Some members "institutionnels" are part of the Society of Friends of Jongkind like documentation of the Orsay Museum (Paris), the bibliothèque of the Belgian Royal Museum (Brussels) or the Library of Art and Archaeology in Geneva.

All members adhere to defined goals that you can find elsewhere in this site in the statutes of the association. (Link to the text of the bylaws)
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