Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

(French, 1808–1876)

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña was a French landscape painter that belonged to the Barbizon School. His paintings, like those of his friend and mentor Théodore Rousseau, often depicted the Forest of Fontainebleau near the town of Barbizon. Employing stark contrasts and textured brushstrokes, the artist’s scenes of dark tree lined paths evoke the mysterious quality of being alone in the woods. Born on August 20, 1807 in Bordeaux, France to Spanish parents, his youth was plagued by difficulty, orphaned at 10 years old, he lost his leg due to an infected reptile bite he sustained during adolescence. Pulling himself out of poverty, Diaz worked as a porcelain painter in Sèvres, before focusing on his career as an artist. By 1870, he had gained widespread admiration from both critics and collectors, as well as younger artists like Pierre-August Renoir who venerated Diaz. The artist died on November 18, 1876, in Menton, France. Today, his works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the National Gallery in London.

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19th-Century European and British Art

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Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford Robinson Gifford, George Inness, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Théodore Rousseau

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La clairière

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La clairière

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Fôret à Fontainebleau, 1850

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Fôret à Fontainebleau, 1850

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Seated woman and child

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Seated woman and child

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Nymphs and putti in a wood, 1851

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Nymphs and putti in a wood, 1851

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Bather

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Bather

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Enfants turques avec un chien, 1870

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Enfants turques avec un chien, 1870

Sale Date: April 19, 2006

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Sous bois, l'amour s'allaitant

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Sous bois, l'amour s'allaitant

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Blüten

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Blüten

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Heimkehrende Bauern mit Heuwagen bei...

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Heimkehrende Bauern mit Heuwagen bei...

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Descente des Bohémiens

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Descente des Bohémiens

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Bathers in a forest stream, 1849

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Bathers in a forest stream, 1849

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Study of a stormy landscape

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Study of a stormy landscape

Sale Date: January 25, 2006

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Wood interior with peasant woman

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Wood interior with peasant woman

Sale Date: January 28, 2006

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The fortune teller

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The fortune teller

Sale Date: January 28, 2006

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View of a farm house and an orchard from an open

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View of a farm house and an orchard from an open

Sale Date: January 27, 2006

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Vénus et les amours, 1854

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Vénus et les amours, 1854

Sale Date: December 16, 2005

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Vierge à l'enfant

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Vierge à l'enfant

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Sous bois, 1889

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Sous bois, 1889

Sale Date: January 19, 2006

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Les confidences de l'amour

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Les confidences de l'amour

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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La prière du soir

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La prière du soir

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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Boisière en forêt de Fontainebleau

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Boisière en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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La coquetterie

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La coquetterie

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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Nature morte

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Nature morte

Sale Date: November 29, 2005

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Le sous-bois rocheux avec fagotière, 1871

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Le sous-bois rocheux avec fagotière, 1871

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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