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Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña was a French painter of the Barbizon school.

Diaz was born in Bordeaux to Spanish parents. At fifteen he entered the studios at Sèvres, first working on the decoration of porcelain and later turning to painting. Turkish and Oriental scenes attracted him, and he took to painting Eastern figures dressed in richly coloured garments; many of these paintings remain extant. He also spent much time at Barbizon, near the Fontainebleau Forest, where some of his most famous paintings were made. One of his teachers and friends in Paris was François Souchon.

Around 1831 Díaz encountered Théodore Rousseau, for whom he possessed a great veneration, despite the fact that Rousseau was four years younger. At Fontainebleau Díaz found Rousseau painting his wonderful forest pictures, and was determined to paint in the same way if possible.

Díaz exhibited many pictures at the Paris Salon, and was decorated in 1851 with the rank of Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d’honneur. During the Franco-German War (1870-1871) he went to Brussels. After 1871, his works became fashionable and rose gradually in the estimation of collectors, and he worked constantly and successfully. Díaz's finest pictures are his forest scenes and storms, and it is on these that his fame rests.

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Ciel d’orage

Ciel d’orage (1867)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Forest Scene

Forest Scene (1874)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Trois figures de femme à mi-corps

Trois figures de femme à mi-corps

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Venus And Cupid

Venus And Cupid

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Tête de femme

Tête de femme

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Vue d’une clairière

Vue d’une clairière

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Route en forêt

Route en forêt

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
The Shepherd and his Flock

The Shepherd and his Flock (1860s)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
After the Bath

After the Bath (1860 - 1876)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Clearing in the Forest

Clearing in the Forest (c.1870)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Croquis de bras gauche et diverses esquisses de pieds

Croquis de bras gauche et diverses esquisses de pieds

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Oriental ladies at leisure

Oriental ladies at leisure (1864)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Bohémienne au tambour

Bohémienne au tambour

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
In the Forest of Fontainebleau

In the Forest of Fontainebleau

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
Wet Pasture

Wet Pasture (c. 1870)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña (French, 1808 - 1876)
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