Artist Birthdays – August 20: NARCISSE VIRGILIO DIAZ DE LA PENA
NARCISSE VIRGILIO DIAZ DE LA PEÑA (Aug 20, 1807 – Nov 18, 1876)
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Nationality: French
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Field: Painting
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Art Movement: Barbizon School
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ARTiFact: At age ten he became an orphan and around the same time his foot was bitten by a reptile – a bite so infectious that would ultimately cost him his leg.
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Artist Quote: “No self-respecting painter ever should touch a brush if he has no model under his eyes.”
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Important Artwork (shown below): The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau, 1868.
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