Nineteenth Century Assorted Flowers Still Life Painting By

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Realist still life painting depicting light orange peonies and various flowers native to France. Framed in a gold antique frame. … Read more Realist still life painting depicting light orange peonies and various flowers native to France. Framed in a gold antique frame. Signed by artist at the bottom left.

Dimensions Without Frame: H 14.375 in. x W 21.25 in.

Artist Biography: Diaz was born to Spanish parents, but following their early deaths was raised by a protestant minister near Paris. In 1823 he worked in the same porcelain factory as Jules-Louis Dupré, with whom he became a lifelong friend.

He began copying paintings in the Louvre - this influenced his early work which is based on mythology and literature.

He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1831 with 'Scene of Love'. From the mid-1830s he frequently stayed in the Forest of Fontainebleau, and was greatly influenced by Théodore Rousseau. He was also influenced by eighteenth-century decorative landscape, and often peopled his own landscapes with musicians, peasants and gypsies. See less