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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Bouquet de fleurs

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Bouquet de fleurs

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Autumn clearing

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Autumn clearing

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A landscape with a fox

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A landscape with a fox

Sale Date: November 28, 2009

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Le vieux Ben Emeck, retire dans une riche...

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Le vieux Ben Emeck, retire dans une riche...

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Zwei orientalische Damen

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Zwei orientalische Damen

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Baigneuse, 1860

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Baigneuse, 1860

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Nymphs

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Nymphs

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Waldlandschaft im Abendlicht

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Waldlandschaft im Abendlicht

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Spaziergängerin bei Gewitterstimmung

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Spaziergängerin bei Gewitterstimmung

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Landschaftspartie mit Bäuerin in einem Hain

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Landschaftspartie mit Bäuerin in einem Hain

Sale Date: November 13, 2009

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A faggot gatherer in the woods

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A faggot gatherer in the woods

Sale Date: October 28, 2009

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The dark wood

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The dark wood

Sale Date: October 28, 2009

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A wooded landscape

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A wooded landscape

Sale Date: October 21, 2009

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LA Forest with figures

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LA Forest with figures

Sale Date: September 12, 2009

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Waldlichtung mit Figurenstaffage

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Waldlichtung mit Figurenstaffage

Sale Date: September 12, 2009

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Mutter mit zwei Mädchen

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Mutter mit zwei Mädchen

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Sun dappled tree in a forest clearing

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Sun dappled tree in a forest clearing

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Jeune fille en forêt de Fontainebleau avec son...

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Jeune fille en forêt de Fontainebleau avec son...

Sale Date: June 21, 2009

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Jeunes enfants jouant avec des chiens

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Jeunes enfants jouant avec des chiens

Sale Date: June 24, 2009

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Paysanne dans la clairière

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Paysanne dans la clairière

Sale Date: June 21, 2009

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Oriental ladies at leisure, 1864

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Oriental ladies at leisure, 1864

Sale Date: July 9, 2009

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Soldiers in a forest

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Soldiers in a forest

Sale Date: June 20, 2009

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Madame Diaz, née Marie Brichart, 1851

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Madame Diaz, née Marie Brichart, 1851

Sale Date: June 12, 2009

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Arbres (study)

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Arbres (study)

Sale Date: June 12, 2009

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