Jenny Montigny

Jeanne (Jenny) Montigny (8 December 1875, Ghent – 31 October 1937, Deurle) was a Belgian painter.

Montigny's father was a lawyer and government official who oversaw several boards and commissions and was later Dean of the law faculty at the University of Ghent.

)[1] After seeing a painting by Emile Claus (The Kingfishers), Montigny decided to seek out a position in his studios near Deinze.

[2] Despite the fact that Claus was married and twenty-six years her senior, they began a relationship that lasted until his death in 1924.

[2] At the outbreak of World War I, she followed Claus and his wife in emigrating to London,[2] where she became a member of the Women's International Art Club and exhibited at the Grafton Galleries.