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.