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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Sitting Near the Brook

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Sitting Near the Brook

Sale Date: September 24, 2013

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Fest im Wald

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Fest im Wald

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Blumenstillleben

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Blumenstillleben

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Dame mit Hund und Putto, 1862

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Dame mit Hund und Putto, 1862

Sale Date: September 20, 2013

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Vue...à Germaine. Environs de Reims 1876, 1876

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Vue...à Germaine. Environs de Reims 1876, 1876

Sale Date: June 14, 2013

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Waldlandschaft im Abendlicht

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Waldlandschaft im Abendlicht

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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Vénus et l'Amour

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Vénus et l'Amour

Sale Date: June 21, 2013

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Nymphe désirée par trois amours

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Nymphe désirée par trois amours

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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Le sentier du Jean-de-Paris un soir d'orage en...

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Le sentier du Jean-de-Paris un soir d'orage en...

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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Fagotière en forêt de Fontainebleau

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Fagotière en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: June 16, 2013

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Bûcheronne en sous-bois à Barbizon

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Bûcheronne en sous-bois à Barbizon

Sale Date: June 16, 2013

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Fetching water from a pool, 1864

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Fetching water from a pool, 1864

Sale Date: June 18, 2013

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Study of rocks, Fontainebleau

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Study of rocks, Fontainebleau

Sale Date: June 18, 2013

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Angelica och Medor ur Ariostos Orlando Furioso

Attributed to Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Angelica och Medor ur Ariostos Orlando Furioso

Sale Date: June 5, 2013

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Children in a forest clearing

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Children in a forest clearing

Sale Date: June 6, 2013

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Maidens in the forest

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Maidens in the forest

Sale Date: June 6, 2013

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Woman walking in the Fontainebleau forest, 1850

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Woman walking in the Fontainebleau forest, 1850

Sale Date: June 4, 2013

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Bergère et son troupeau dans une clairière

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Bergère et son troupeau dans une clairière

Sale Date: June 7, 2013

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Still Life with Flowers

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Still Life with Flowers

Sale Date: May 22, 2013

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Courtship, 1870

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Courtship, 1870

Sale Date: June 5, 2013

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Still life with roses

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Still life with roses

Sale Date: May 22, 2013

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Apremont et sentier du Jean-de-Paris (Femme..., 1848

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Apremont et sentier du Jean-de-Paris (Femme..., 1848

Sale Date: May 22, 2013

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Landscape at Dusk

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Landscape at Dusk

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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Am Waldsee

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Am Waldsee

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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