Son of European immigrants he was born in Venezuela in 1956. He studied elementary and high school in Caracas and graduated as bachelor in science. At the same time, between 1973 and 1976 he began studying painting with the Spanish painter Alfonso De la Vega, nephew of the famous Spanish painter José María Sert.

Then he is also a student of advertising drawing and design, marketing and decoration in several academies in Caracas. Looking for new knowledge he went to Spain and studied in different art academies, including Fine Arts Circle and Arts and Crafts workshop Academy in which he studied ceramic, fashion design, photography, museum design and organization and landscape painting. He concludes his staying at Spain studying at the famous painter Rogelio García Vázquez’ atelier who transmitted Norberto his knowledge. This mutual comprehension between teacher and student leads Norberto D’Abreu to a symbiosis that constitutes his particular and beautiful style.

He returns to Venezuela and begins different expositions, by himself and collective ones, inside and outside the country and obtains publics’ acknowledgment as an artist with a great knowledge of color and forms, allowing the observer to really feel the light and emotions that his characters transmit.