School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Born: 1807, France, Bordeaux   Died: 1876, Menton

Painter. Spanish parents. Began as a porcelain painter in Arsène Gillet's factory before turning to painting romantic, historical and mythological subjects. He met Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867) in 1837 and became a member of the Barbizon School. He produced landscapes, often including nymphs, with heavy brushwork

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Twilight / sunset landscape] OP31 Oil Paintings




 
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