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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Jeunes femmes et amours en forêt

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Jeunes femmes et amours en forêt

Sale Date: March 26, 1995

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Harem woman with an opium pipe

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Harem woman with an opium pipe

Sale Date: March 18, 1995

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Faggot gatherer beside a pond in a landscape

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Faggot gatherer beside a pond in a landscape

Sale Date: March 16, 1995

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Cattle and peasant in a woodland clearing

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Cattle and peasant in a woodland clearing

Sale Date: March 14, 1995

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Jeune Anatolienne et sa petite fille aux...

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Jeune Anatolienne et sa petite fille aux...

Sale Date: March 13, 1995

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Tanz der Nymphen

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Tanz der Nymphen

Sale Date: March 11, 1995

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Woman in a forest clearing

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Woman in a forest clearing

Sale Date: February 22, 1995

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Nymphs in the Forest Fontainbleau

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Nymphs in the Forest Fontainbleau

Sale Date: February 15, 1995

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Fuite des Turcs

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Fuite des Turcs

Sale Date: February 15, 1995

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Carrefour de la mare aux Corneilles, 1864

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Carrefour de la mare aux Corneilles, 1864

Sale Date: February 15, 1995

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Venus and Cupid

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Venus and Cupid

Sale Date: February 14, 1995

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Landscape with cottage, 1866

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Landscape with cottage, 1866

Sale Date: February 14, 1995

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Sous-bois à Fontainebleau

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Sous-bois à Fontainebleau

Sale Date: February 5, 1995

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Jeune fille au ruban rouge

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Jeune fille au ruban rouge

Sale Date: January 19, 1995

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Zwei Sch

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Zwei Sch"nheiten mit entbl"ßten Oberk"rpern im...

Sale Date: December 10, 1994

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Junge Mutter mit Säugling und Mulatten-Amme

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Junge Mutter mit Säugling und Mulatten-Amme

Sale Date: December 7, 1994

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Fleurs

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Fleurs

Sale Date: December 4, 1994

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Paysage animé

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Paysage animé

Sale Date: December 2, 1994

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Study for 'The Last Tears'

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Study for 'The Last Tears'

Sale Date: November 18, 1994

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Petite fille mauresque

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Petite fille mauresque

Sale Date: November 18, 1994

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Bohémiens - feuille d'étude de neuf personnages

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Bohémiens - feuille d'étude de neuf personnages

Sale Date: November 18, 1994

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Faggot gatherer beside a pond in a landscape

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Faggot gatherer beside a pond in a landscape

Sale Date: November 17, 1994

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Enfants dans la forêt

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Enfants dans la forêt

Sale Date: November 17, 1994

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Oriental girls on a wooded track

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Oriental girls on a wooded track

Sale Date: November 17, 1994

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