Adelsteen Normann

Eilert Adelsteen Normann (1 May 1848 – 26 December 1918) was a Norwegian painter who worked in Berlin. He was a noted painter of landscapes of Norway. Normann was the artist who invited Edvard Munch to Berlin, where he painted The Scream. Normann's fjord paintings are credited with making the Norwegian fjords a more popular tourist destination.

Adelsteen Normann
Possible self-portrait
Born
Eilert Adelsteen Normann

(1848-05-01)1 May 1848
Bodin, Sweden-Norway
Died26 December 1918(1918-12-26) (aged 70)
Kristiania, Norway
Resting placeStahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPainter
Known forLandscape painting
Spouses
  • Catharina Weitgan
    (m. 1870; died 1911)
  • Luise Rostalski
    (m. 1911)
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