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 (1872), ii. 72; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii. 632; Müller, 396; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldf. K., 313.

NORDENSWAN, VICTORINE, born at Tawastehus, Finland, June 14, 1838, died there, Aug. 25, 1872. History painter, pupil of Otto Mengelberg in Düsseldorf; returned to Finland in 1872. Works: John the Evangelist (1867); Holy Women at Sepulchre (1869); Mary Magdalen at Cross (1870).—Kunst-Chronik, viii. 40.

NORDGREN, AXEL, born in Stockholm, Dec. 5, 1828. Landscape painter, studied nature in Sweden and Norway, then pupil in Düsseldorf of Gude. Court painter; Member of Stockholm Academy, 1869. Medals: Stockholm, Lyons. Works: Promontory of Kullen on Swedish Coast; Cliffs of Bohuslän; Norwegian Landscape, Düsseldorf Gallery; View in Swedish Lapland (1866), Königsberg Museum; Ramsthalshorn near Tralltauwaren; Waterfall in Ramsdalen; Moonrise on Swedish Coast (1880); Pilot Harbour on Norwegian Coast (1882).—Müller, 396; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xv. 380.

NORMAN FLEET, SAILING OF THE, Albert Maignan, Luxembourg Museum; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 3 ft. 9 in. Departure of the fleet of William the Norman, from Dives, 1066, for the conquest of England. Salon, 1874.

NORMANN, ADELSTEEN, born at Bodoe, Norway, May 1, 1848. Landscape painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Eugen Dücker; chooses his subjects from his native country, which he visits frequently. Works: View on Sogne Fjord, Stockholm Museum; View in Romsdal; Stamsund in Loffoden Islands; Harbour, ib.; Midnight, ib.; Romsdal Fjord; Folden Fjord; Salten Fjord; View in Loffoden (1884); Sogne Fjord (1885).—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xxi. 669; Müller, 396.

NORMANN, RUDOLF VON, born in Stettin, May 2, 1806, died in Dessau, June 18, 1882. Landscape painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under J. W. Schirmer; studied from nature on the banks of the Moselle, in Switzerland, and the Tyrol. In 1866 became superintendent of the court theatre and conservator of all art collections at Dessau. Works: Trarbach on the Moselle (1832), Düsseldorf Art Union; Burg Eltz (1832), Berlin Art Union; Views near Zell and Cochem (1834); By the Loreley Rock (1835); Street in Brunnen on Lake Vierwaldstädt (1836); St. Goar and Goarshausen (1839); Burg Rheinstein; Swiss Village; Lake in Alps with Glaciers; The Jungfrau; Alp with Huts; City on Mountain Lake; Swiss Village with Children's Procession; Vierwaldstädt Lake; View near Stanz (1838), Leipsic Museum; Falls near Schaffhausen; Salzburg seen from Maria Plein; The Brünig; Hasli Valley near Brienz.—Andresen, iv. 80; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xx. 723; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 628; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldf. K., 347.

NÖRR, JULIUS, born in Munich in 1827. Landscape and genre painter, pupil of Munich Academy; then studied battle painting under Feodor Dietz, but abandoned it for landscape under J. G. Steffan; travelled in Germany, Switzerland, and Upper Italy. Works: Spring on Starnberg Lake; Potato-Harvest; Landscape with Horsemen; View on Chiem Lake; Noon in a Quarry; Rendezvous of Huntsmen; Horse-Pond; Night Ambuscade; Travelling People; Ploughman's Rest, John D. Lankenau, Philadelphia; Selling the Booty (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Müller, 397.

NORTHCOTE, JAMES, born at Plymouth, Oct. 22, 1746, died in London, July 13, 1831. Was a watchmaker until 1771, when he became the pupil and assistant of Sir Joshua Reynolds, under whom he learned to paint tolerably good