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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Visit by the nobility, 1862

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Visit by the nobility, 1862

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Femmes de Seraglio, 1860

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Femmes de Seraglio, 1860

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Mother and child in a forest landscape

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Mother and child in a forest landscape

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Bathers in a forest stream, 1849

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Bathers in a forest stream, 1849

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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L'amour désarmé

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L'amour désarmé

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Bouquets

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Bouquets

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Barbizon Stream Landscape with Figures, 1800–1899

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Barbizon Stream Landscape with Figures, 1800–1899

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quatre enfants orientaux

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quatre enfants orientaux

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Bord de rivière

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Bord de rivière

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Forest interior with birch trees

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Forest interior with birch trees

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Femme et son enfant avec un chien, 1849

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Femme et son enfant avec un chien, 1849

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Fagotière en sous-bois

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Fagotière en sous-bois

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Le retour de l’Amour

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Le retour de l’Amour

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Waldlichtung mit Bäuerin

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Waldlichtung mit Bäuerin

Sale Date: November 5, 2021

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Groupe de bohémiennes en forêt

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Groupe de bohémiennes en forêt

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The Fortune Teller

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The Fortune Teller

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Une Partie de campagne

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Une Partie de campagne

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Rest from the Hunt, 1855

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Rest from the Hunt, 1855

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L'Orage, 1872

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L'Orage, 1872

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Bohémienne au tambour

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Bohémienne au tambour

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Mare en forêt

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Mare en forêt

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Scène orientale

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Scène orientale

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Marocaines en bord de rivière, village

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Marocaines en bord de rivière, village

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Femme aux chiens, 1863

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Femme aux chiens, 1863

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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