Flower Piece

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Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña was a leading artist of the Barbizon School and an inspiration to younger French painters, who often admired his brilliant palette. The flowers are painted with vivid colours which are intensified against the dark background, and the painted surface has a thick texture, created by the artist's liberal use of impasto. Although some of his very earliest works are studies of flowers and other still life subjects, it has been suggested that Diaz's flower paintings were calculated to appeal to popular taste.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol

Title

Flower Piece

Date

1842 or 1849

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48.5 x W 58.7 cm

Accession number

K3047

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1969

Work type

Painting

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