Autumn: The Woodland Pond

Autumn: The Woodland Pond

Autumn: The Woodland Pond

Artist:Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808–1876 Menton)
Date:1867
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:19 3/4 x 26 in. (50.2 x 66 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917

This picture's rigorous symmetry and perspective are common features of landscapes that Diaz produced in his studio. Yet he was deeply committed to incorporating the details and effects of nature that he observed out of doors into his paintings, and works such as this one bear much in common with those of his fellow Barbizon painters, especially Théodore Rousseau. Diaz's late landscapes are distinctive for their rich pigments and translucent glazes.

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