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| Artist: Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse-Virgile 1 of 1 |
| The Approaching Storm, 1870 Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña French, 1807-1876 Oil on canvas 33-1/4 x 41-5/8 in. (84.4 x 105.6 cm) The Norton Simon Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon F.1983.09.P © The Norton Simon Foundation On view A founding member of the so-called Barbizon School, Diaz helped upend French landscape tradition in the 1830s and 1840s. Alongside Théodore Rousseau and others of their generation, Diaz abandoned Paris and its academic strictures for the village of Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau, drawing inspiration directly from nature. This late, storm-lit landscape demonstrates Diaz’s talent for spectacular luminous effects: the sun breaks through a troubled sky, revealing a rocky landscape, a blasted tree and a lone human figure, picking her way through the middle distance. Richly varied brushwork—much of it painted wet-in-wet—gives the picture its rugged texture and heightens the drama without recourse to a story. View Provenance |
| Artist: Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse-Virgile 1 of 1 |
