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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Ophelie ou Flora laissant tomber des fleurs

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Ophelie ou Flora laissant tomber des fleurs

Sale Date: November 10, 2006

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Morning sun at Fontainebleau

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Morning sun at Fontainebleau

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Foret de Fontainebleau, 1856

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Foret de Fontainebleau, 1856

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Jeune fille dans le parc

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Jeune fille dans le parc

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Personnages en sous-bois

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Personnages en sous-bois

Sale Date: October 23, 2006

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Enfant et chiens de chasse en forêt, 1855

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Enfant et chiens de chasse en forêt, 1855

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Wood gathering at dusk

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Wood gathering at dusk

Sale Date: October 21, 2006

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Faggot gatherer in the forest

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Faggot gatherer in the forest

Sale Date: October 26, 2006

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In the forest of Fontainebleau

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In the forest of Fontainebleau

Sale Date: October 26, 2006

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A lavish flower still life

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A lavish flower still life

Sale Date: October 24, 2006

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Boisière en forêt de Fontainebleau

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Boisière en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: September 22, 2006

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Mother and Child, 1857

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Mother and Child, 1857

Sale Date: September 6, 2006

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Nymphs and cupids in a woodland glade

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Nymphs and cupids in a woodland glade

Sale Date: July 22, 2006

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Jeune fille dans la campagne

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Jeune fille dans la campagne

Sale Date: June 30, 2006

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A wooded landscape with a woman gathering wood

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A wooded landscape with a woman gathering wood

Sale Date: July 4, 2006

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Une baigneuse

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Une baigneuse

Sale Date: June 21, 2006

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Fagoteuse dans les champs

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Fagoteuse dans les champs

Sale Date: June 19, 2006

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Wood gatherer on a forest path

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Wood gatherer on a forest path

Sale Date: June 21, 2006

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Fôret de Fontainebleau, paysanne sur un chemin

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Fôret de Fontainebleau, paysanne sur un chemin

Sale Date: June 13, 2006

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Vision d'orient (Les Orientales), 1870

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Vision d'orient (Les Orientales), 1870

Sale Date: June 13, 2006

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La meute, 1848

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La meute, 1848

Sale Date: May 13, 2006

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Junge Frau mit zwei Kindern im Park, 1855

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Junge Frau mit zwei Kindern im Park, 1855

Sale Date: May 20, 2006

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Haremsszene

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Haremsszene

Sale Date: May 17, 2006

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Les baigneuses

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Les baigneuses

Sale Date: May 19, 2006

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