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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Paysanne ramassant de l'herbe, 1877

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Paysanne ramassant de l'herbe, 1877

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Femme au fagot en forêt, 1880

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Femme au fagot en forêt, 1880

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Paysage à l'étang, 1988

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Paysage à l'étang, 1988

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Femme en chemise (baigneuse)

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Femme en chemise (baigneuse)

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Pastoral Landscape

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Pastoral Landscape

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Figure and Cottage in Landscape

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Figure and Cottage in Landscape

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BLUMENBUKETT

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BLUMENBUKETT

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A bather and dog

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A bather and dog

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Figures Gathering Wood in the Forest

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Figures Gathering Wood in the Forest

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Forest of Fontainebleau

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Forest of Fontainebleau

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Deux Paysannes en Forêt

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Deux Paysannes en Forêt

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Deux angelots

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Deux angelots

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Mère et enfant près d’une rivière

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Mère et enfant près d’une rivière

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Promenade en forêt

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Promenade en forêt

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Foret De Fontainebleu En Automne

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Foret De Fontainebleu En Automne

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Weibl. Halbakt als Venus betrachtet mit Cupido...

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Weibl. Halbakt als Venus betrachtet mit Cupido...

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Scène galante

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Scène galante

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Waldlandschaft

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Waldlandschaft

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Bohemienne et Enfant dans un Foret, 1830–1839

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Bohemienne et Enfant dans un Foret, 1830–1839

Sale Date: June 20, 2015

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Forêt de l'Isle Adam

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Forêt de l'Isle Adam

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Promenade en forêt

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Promenade en forêt

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Figure by a Wooded Pond

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Figure by a Wooded Pond

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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Waldlandschaft mit Tümpel, 1807

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Waldlandschaft mit Tümpel, 1807

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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