Johann Siegwald Dahl

He was one of nine children born to the Norwegian painter, Johan Christian Dahl and his first wife Emilie.

Later, he studied animal painting with Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener [de].

After three more years attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, he paid a visit to London to study with Edwin Landseer; another famous animal painter.

Upon his father's death in 1857, he donated a collection of his studies and drawings to the National Gallery in Oslo and the Bergen Billedgalleri [no].

His sister Caroline was married to the Norwegian cabinet minister, Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull.