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1807 Bordeaux, France - 1876 Menton, France. Known for: Exotic female figure and forest landscape painting.
Narcisse Diaz, a French landscape and figure painter and founding member of the avant-garde Barbizon school, was born in Bordeaux of Spanish parents. His parents were refugees from Joseph Bonaparte's... Read full biography
Narcisse Diaz, a French landscape and figure painter and founding member of the avant-garde Barbizon school, was born in Bordeaux of Spanish parents. His parents were refugees from Joseph Bonaparte's Spain. By the age of ten, he was a penniless orphan in the care of a priest at Bellevue near... Read full biography
Narcisse Diaz, a French landscape and figure painter and founding member of the avant-garde Barbizon school, was born in Bordeaux of Spanish parents. His parents were refugees from Joseph Bonaparte's Spain. By the age of ten, he was a penniless orphan in the care of a priest at Bellevue near Paris.(1). The young Narcisse, who had lost one of his legs to blood poisoning, was apprenticed as a pottery decorator in Paris at the age of 15, (2) which may account for his later predilection for bright... Read full biography
Narcisse Diaz, a French landscape and figure painter and founding member of the avant-garde Barbizon school, was born in Bordeaux of Spanish parents. His parents were refugees from Joseph Bonaparte's Spain. By the age of ten, he was a penniless orphan in the care of a priest at Bellevue near Paris.(1). The young Narcisse, who had lost one of his legs to blood poisoning, was apprenticed as a pottery decorator in Paris at the age of 15, (2) which may account for his later predilection for bright colors and his rather free draftsmanship.(3) . His handicap, and its impact on his mobility, were to be determinant in the course of his future career. As was a common practice, Narcisse learned to paint at the Louvre, where he was drawn to the works... Read full biography
Narcisse Diaz, a French landscape and figure painter and founding member of the avant-garde Barbizon school, was born in Bordeaux of Spanish parents. His parents were refugees from Joseph Bonaparte's Spain. By the age of ten, he was a penniless orphan in the care of a priest at Bellevue near Paris.(1). The young Narcisse, who had lost one of his legs to blood poisoning, was apprenticed as a pottery decorator in Paris at the age of 15, (2) which may account for his later predilection for bright colors and his rather free draftsmanship.(3) . His handicap, and its impact on his mobility, were to be determinant in the course of his future career. As was a common practice, Narcisse learned to paint at the Louvre, where he was drawn to the works of the colorists. His early inspiration came most notably from Correggio, whose Antiope he repeated and interpreted in... Read full biography
Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Pena - Artist Info
About Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Pena: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (12)
All MuseumsCincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45202Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Two Palace Road
Boston, MA 02115Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Musée du Louvre
F-75058 Paris Cedex 01
Paris, FranceMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Stark Museum of Art
712 Green Avenue
Orange, TX 77630The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square
London, United KingdomVictoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London, United Kingdom