Norbert van Bloemen was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

Norbert van Bloemen, called Cephalus, the youngest of the three brothers (after Peter van Bloemen

Peter van Bloemen

Pieter van Bloemen, called Standaart , first name also spelled Peter or Peeter, was a Flemish painter....

 and Jan Frans van Bloemen

Jan Frans van Bloemen

Jan Frans van Bloemen was a Flemish landscape painter of the Baroque period.Born in Antwerp, van Bloemen was a younger brother of Pieter van Bloemen, who had left for Rome in 1674, where Jan Frans joined him in 1689. In 1690 a third painting brother, Norbert van Bloemen , joined them as well...

), was born at Antwerp in 1670. He studied and painted portraits and conversation-pieces

Conversation piece

Conversation piece is a term for an informal group portrait, especially those painted in Britain in the 18th century, beginning in the 1720s. They are distinguished by their portrayal of the group apparently engaged in genteel conversation or some activity, very often outdoors...

 in Rome, and afterwards returned to his native country and settled at Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, where he died in 1746. According to Houbraken who called him Nolbertus van Bloemen in his poem about the Bentvueghels

Bentvueghels

The Bentvueghels were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent .-Activities:...

, he was a gezelschap (conversation, or genre) painter from Antwerp who was nicknamed Cefalus by the Bent.

According to the RKD he was a pupil of his older brother Pieter and later became the teacher of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel.