Page:Cyclopedia of painters and paintings (IA cyclopediaofpain03cham).pdf/332

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.
  • ing Bishop Ronnov against the Citizens of

Copenhagen (1838); Luther at Worms, Church of Holy Ghost, Copenhagen; Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus (1839); Presentation in Temple (1841); Christ and Four Evangelists, Thorwaldsen Museum, Copenhagen; Magdalen at Feet of Christ; Return of Prodigal Son (1843), Copenhagen Gallery.—Weilbach, 495.


MÜLLER, ANDREAS, born at Stephans-Rettenberg, Bavaria, in 1830. History painter, pupil in Munich of Schwind; in 1856 accompanied the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen to Rome, and in 1875 became professor at Munich Academy. In artists' circles called Composition-Müller. Works: Apotheosis of Meiningen Princess (1856); Destruction of the Kaaba in Jerusalem by Mohammed. Wedding of Alexander the Great, Maximilianeum, Munich; Entry of Elector Maximilian Joseph IV.; King Maximilian I. rescuing Glazier's Apprentice in 1801; Madonna with Angels; Susanna; Four Ages of the World. Frescos: Raising of Lazarus, Crucifixion, Holy Women at Sepulchre, Resurrection, Church at Weissenhorn, near Augsburg.—Grosse, 69, 109; D. Kunstbl. (1857), 264, 295; Illustr. Zeitg. (1881), i. 272; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 309; xix. 731; Müller, 381; Nagler, Mon., i. 3; Zeitschr. f. b. K., v. 24.


MÜLLER, ANDREAS (JOHANN JAKOB HEINRICH), born in Cassel, Feb. 9, 1811. History painter, son and pupil of Franz Hubert Müller, who was inspector of the Darmstadt Gallery, then pupil in Munich of Schnorr and Cornelius, and in Düsseldorf of Karl Sohn and Schadow. Went to Italy in 1837, and on his return in 1842 painted some of the frescos in the Apollinaris Church at Remagen, and afterwards, assisted by his son Franz, decorated the art-room in the Castle of Sigmaringen. Is a master in restoring old paintings, and has written on art. Was professor at Düsseldorf Academy, and conservator of art-collections in Düsseldorf, but has been an invalid since 1882. Member of Vienna, Amsterdam, and Lisbon Academies; numerous orders and medals. Works: Madonna with Saints; Annunciation, Four Evangelists; Scenes from Passion; Rosary Picture; St. Barbara, Breslau Cathedral. Frescos: Scenes from Life of St. Apollinaris, David, St. Cecilia, Remagen; twenty-six portraits of German Masters, Castle Sigmaringen.—Jordan (1885), ii. 156; Müller, 381; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldorf. K., 48.


MÜLLER, AUGUST, born at Rottwell, Würtemberg, June 13, 1836. Genre painter, pupil of Stuttgart Art-School under Rustige, won several prizes and in 1865 settled in Munich. Works: Sunday Afternoon in Suabia; Nursery; Convalescent Mother; Domestic Troubles; Suitor; At Home; In the Bower; Zur Kirchweih.—Müller, 382.


MÜLLER, CHARLES (LOUIS), called Müller of Paris, born in Paris, Dec. 22, 1815. History and portrait painter, pupil of Cogniet, Gros, and the École des Beaux Arts. Paints historical scenes with skill. Medals: 3d class, 1838; 2d class, 1846; 1st class, 1848, 1855; L. of Honour, 1849; Officer, 1859; Member Institute, 1864. Works: Day after the Nativity (1837); Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew (1838); Assassination of Arthur of Brittany, Diogenes, St. Jerome (1839); Satan leading Christ up into the Mountain, Massacre of Innocents (1840); Heliogabalus in Rome (1841); Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths (1853); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (1844); Primavera (1846); Haydee (1848), Lille Museum; Lady Macbeth (1849), Amiens Museum; Roll-Call of Last Victims of Reign of Terror (1850), formerly in Luxembourg Museum; replica, J. J. Astor, New York; Female Portrait (1853, Ghent Museum; Proscription of Young Irish Catholics in 1556 (1859), Lyons Museum; Mother of Napoleon (1861); Marie Antoinette at the Trianon, Mass during Reign of Terror (1863); The Game (1863), Lille Museum; Desdemona (1868); Lanjuinais at the Tribune (1869); Charlotte Corday in Prison (1875), Corcoran Gallery, Wash-