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2 unusual facts about Narcisse Virgilio Díaz


Narcisse Virgilio Díaz

His foot was bitten by a reptile in Meudon wood, near Sèvres, where he had been taken to live with some friends of his mother.

At Fontainebleau Díaz found Rousseau painting his wonderful forest pictures, and was determined to paint in the same way if possible.


Robert Crannell Minor

Robert Crannell Minor (1839-1904), American artist, was born in New York City on 30 April 1839, and received his art training in Paris under Diaz, and in Antwerp under Joseph Van Luppen.


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