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Narcisse Díaz de la Peña Art

French, 1807-1876
Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, French landscape and figure painter and founding member of the Barbizon School, was born in 1808 in Bordeaux to Spanish parents who had fled the Peninsular Wars. At 15 he began working as a ceramic painter in a porcelain factory, where he met Jules Dupré. Strongly influenced by Delacroix and the Romantics and attracted by medieval and Middle Eastern art, Diaz often in his early career painted exotic subjects. He showed his paintings in the Paris Salons of the 1830s and 1840s. Beginning in 1833 Diaz began to explore the forest of Fontainebleau, where he became a regular summer visitor in the following years, forming a close association with Théodore Rousseau and the other landscape painters of what came to be known as the School of Barbizon. Awarded a first-class medal at the Salon of 1848, he was appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1851. In the early 1860s Diaz was welcoming to the Impressionists, especially Renoir, whom he met painting at Barbizon. At Etretat, where he summered in 1869, he painted seascapes in the company of Gustave Courbet. Diaz's work is in numerous collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre and the National Gallery in London.
(Biography provided by Wiscasset Bay Gallery)
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Artist: Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña
Dealer: Galerie L'Angelus
Bouquet de roses et giroflées sur entablement
By Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña
Located in Barbizon, FR
Oil on canvas Signed lower left Signed, located and dated on reverse side "N.Diaz Barbizon 1857". Provenance: Christie's sale, New York, 10/1990 N°51 Christie's sale, New York, 28...
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19th Century Barbizon School Narcisse Díaz de la Peña Art

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Troupeau de moutons dans la clairière
By Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña
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Oil on canvas 24.5 x 32.5 cm, signed lower right Provenance: Sale Galerie Boussod-Valadon & Allard, Paris, 03/03/1919, Georges Petit Hotel Drouot Ferri Sale 05/06/2019 lot no 18 L...
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19th Century Barbizon School Narcisse Díaz de la Peña Art

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Canvas, Oil

Garçon et son chien à l'orée de la forêt
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Provenance: 2014 Sale of Dr George Horst's collection (Philadephia) A major painter of the Barbizon School, he was born to Spanish parents, whom he lost at an early age. He debuted...
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19th Century Barbizon School Narcisse Díaz de la Peña Art

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