Landscape
1860
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Narcisse Virgilio Díaz
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807–1876) was a French artist, born in Bordeaux.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Landscape is a 1860 by Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This watercolor shows a quiet forest path with tall trees and dappled light. A few figures walk along a dirt trail. The scene feels peaceful, like a moment frozen in time. Diaz rarely worked in watercolor, which makes this piece rare. He often painted in the Fontainebleau forest, where artists went to work outside. Groups of painters like Millet gathered there to paint nature directly. Look up Jean-François Millet next.
This is a rare watercolor by Narcisse Diaz, who worked primarily in oil. The view is likely from the forest of Fontainebleau, near the village of Barbizon. In the 1830s, Diaz and other painters like Jean-François Millet frequently painted there, out of doors, directly from nature.
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Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807–1876) was a French artist, born in Bordeaux.
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