Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña
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(1807–1876) fransk målare

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (France, 1807–1876) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña was born in Bordeaux and died in Menton. Wikidata associates Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña with Barbizon school. Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña became a member of Barbizon school. Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Camille Magnus.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Shepherd and his Flock’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 201 works by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña with free images. The dated works span the years 1807–1908. Works by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña are held by several collections, among them Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Leeds Art Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pierre François Eugène Giraud, Jean-Jacques Feuchère, Genaro Pérez Villaamil, Constant Dutilleux, and Ivan M. Soshenko.