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 under Riefsthahl and Hans Gude, then in Düsseldorf under Wilhelm Sohn and E. von Gebhardt; travelled in Norway, and visited Berlin, Paris, and London. Works: In the Norwegian Mountains; Too Late! On the Waves; Young Ladies' Boarding School on the Ice (1883); Lake in Norway, Maid-Servant (1884); Norwegian Fishermen, G. Hoadly, Cincinnati.—Müller, 122; Illustr. Zeitg. (1884), i. 173.

DAHL, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (CLAUSEN), born at Bergen, Norway, Feb. 24, 1788, died in Dresden, Oct. 14, 1857. Landscape painter; first apprenticed to a decorative painter, then studied, from 1811, at the Copenhagen Academy. Went to Dresden in 1818, met with great success, and settled there in 1821, after visiting the Tyrol and Italy. Member of the Dresden, Berlin, and Copenhagen academies; Orders of the Danebrog, Wasa, and St. Olaf. Works: Eruption of Vesuvius (1820); View of Bergen, Storm at Sea (1823), Berlin National Gallery; Mountainous Landscape (1824), Prague Gallery; Danish Coast by Moonlight (1828); Mountain Pass near Nerödalen (1832); Sea Coast with Ship (1833); The Watzmann, View near Quisisana; Storm at Sea, Great Norwegian Landscape (1850), Dresden Gallery; Winter Landscape, New Pinakothek, Munich.—Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 692; Andresen, i. 70; Brockhaus, iv. 772.

DAHL, JOHANNES SIEGWALD, born in Dresden, Aug. 16, 1827. Animal painter; first instructed by his father, Johann Christian, then pupil of Wegener, and in 1843-45 at the Dresden Academy. Went in 1851 to London, where he was especially attracted by Landseer, and thence to Paris, which he afterwards visited repeatedly. Subjects are generally chosen from his father's native country, Norway. Works: Dogs with Parrot and Rabbit, Castle Oscarshall near Christiania; Missed his Aim (1861), Norwegian Ferry (1863), Dresden Gallery; Organ Grinder with Dog (1862); Fox and Wild Ducks (1865); Sleighing on the Fjord (1865); Pug-Dog (1866), Monkey Party, Heron at a Lake (1871); Deer Started, Girls with Doves and Sparrows, Swallow Nest with Young.—Brockhaus, iv. 773; Müller, 122.

DAHL, MICHAEL, born in Stockholm in 1656, died in London, Oct. 20, 1743. First taught by Klocke. Went to England when twenty-two years old; then visited France and spent several years in Italy, returning to London in 1688. He became the rival of Kneller as a portrait painter, and gained the favour of Queen Anne. His likenesses were good, but his art was destitute of refinement or grace. There are eight full-length portraits of ladies by him at Petworth. Works: Queen Anne and her son the Duke of Gloucester, George II., James second Duke of Ormond, and Duke of Chandos, National Portrait Gallery.—Redgrave.

DAHLEN, REINER, born in Cologne in 1836, died in Düsseldorf, April 25, 1874. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy, but mostly self-taught; visited England, North America, and Paris. Painted chiefly horses and carriages, hunting scenes, and similar pictures. Works: By the Inn (1867); Shepherds and Herd (1868); Post-Wagon in Snow.—Blanckarts, 70; Kunst-Chronik, ix. 498.

DÄHLING, HEINRICH, born at Hanover, Jan. 19, 1773, died at Potsdam, Sept. 10, 1850. History and genre painter; went in 1794 to Berlin as a miniature painter; visited, in 1802, Paris, Cassel, Düsseldorf, The Hague, and Amsterdam, to study oil painting; made member of the Berlin Academy in 1811, and professor in 1814; visited Italy late in life. Works: Entry of a Prince (1822), National Gallery, Berlin; Huntsman and Sleeping Girl, Wreath-Winders, Singing Match, Romance Singer, Blind Pilgrim, Descent from the Cross, Come to me, ye that are heavy laden!—Brockhaus, iv. 774; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 31.

DAIWAILLE, ALEXANDER JOSEPH, born at Amsterdam in 1818. Landscape painter, son and pupil of the genre and portrait painter Jean Augustin D. (1786-1850), then pupil of his brother-in-law,