Adam August Müller
Adam August Müller (16 August 1811 – 15 March 1844), a Danish history painter, was one of Eckersberg's favourite students. Generally unhealthy and dead at 32, his work is recognized as an important component in Danish art.[1]
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Biography
Son of Bishop Peter Erasmus Müller, Adam Müller was born in Copenhagen on 16 August 1811. He became a student of C. W. Eckerberg at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1825, joining the Model School in 1828 where he won the silver medal in 1833 and the gold medal in 1836. In 1829, he exhibited Aladdin, staaende bag Pillen, ser Gulnare (Aladdin, standing behind the pillar, sees Gulnare) and the following year exhibited a number of portraits, two of which were purchased by Statens Museum for Kunst.[2]
His favourite subjects were historical and religious themes. In 1839, he travelled to Italy with a short period in Munich thanks to the grants he received from the authorities. His studies of Florentine painting encouraged him to adopt a new approach to religious painting, emulating the old Italian style. This earned him the Thorvaldsen Medal for "Christus velsigner de 4 Evangelister" in 1843 after he had returned to Denmark. Thereafter his health deteriorated and he died on 15 March 1844.[2]
Selected works
- Aladdin, staaende bag Pillen, ser Gulnare (1829)
- Aladdin griber imellem andre drenge efter de nedkastede pommeranser (1831)
- Landskab med en hvilende jæger (1832)
- Den Saarede Herluf Trolle, som modtages af sin Hustru og af Skolens Disciple paa Herlufsholm (1832)
- Flugten til Ægypten (1833)
- Brystbillede af en ældre mand (1834)
- Christus prædiker fra Skibet, altarpiece (1834)
- Odysseus kommer til Nausikae (1835)
- Valdemar Sejer i Fængsel (1836)
- David opmuntrer Saul ved sit Harpespil (1838)
- Christus giver sig til Kjende for Disciplene i Emmaus (1838)
- Christus velsigner de 4 Evangelister (1842)
- Den fortabte Søns Hjemkomst (1843)
Gallery
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Müller Den Saarede Herluf Trolle 1832.jpg
Den Saarede Herluf Trolle, som modtages af sin Hustru og af Skolens Disciple paa Herlufsholm (1832)
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Müller Aladdin 1831.jpg
Aladdin griber imellem andre drenge efter de nedkastede pommeranser (1831)
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Müller Den vertabte Søns Hjemkomst 1843.jpg
Den vertabte Søns Hjemkomst 1843.jpg
References
- ↑ "C. W. Eckersberg og hans elever", Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1983, p. 124.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Philip Weilbach, Dansk biografisk leksikon", Vol 11, p. 565, C.F. Bricka, Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1887–1905.
