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,
