Albert Müller (artist)
Albert Müller (born November 29, 1897 in Basel , † December 14, 1926 in the Obino district of the municipality of Castel San Pietro in the Muggio Valley ) was a Swiss painter , glass painter , draftsman , printmaker and sculptor of Expressionism .
Life
Albert Müller was born in Basel in 1897 . From 1913 to 1917 he completed an apprenticeship as a glass painter with Otto Staiger's uncle . He also attended the general trade school in Basel. In 1918 he learned from Cuno Amiet and in 1919 he got his first exhibition in the Kunsthalle Basel . From then on he took part in competitions organized by the Art Credit Basel-Stadt . In 1920 he traveled to Italy and worked with Niklaus Stoecklin in San Gimignano. In 1921 he moved to Coldrerio and at the end of 1922 to Ligornetto , where he became friends with Carl Burckhardt , whose bronze sculpture The Dancer Müller was the model.
In the same year he married Anna Hübscher and met Louis Moilliet . In 1923 his twins Judith and Kaspar were born and another move to Obino near Castel San Pietro followed.
In 1923 Müller met the expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and his work in the Kunsthalle Basel. This resulted in an intense friendship between artists. As a result, a lively correspondence began between the two. Between 1924 and 1926, Müller was a frequent guest at Kirchner's in Davos Frauenkirch .
In 1924, together with Hermann Scherer and Paul Camenisch , and later also Werner Neuhaus, he founded the artists' association “ Red-Blue ”, based on the “ Brücke ” model, which made the most important contribution to Swiss Expressionism. With the almost life-size sculpture The Friends , Kirchner clearly demonstrated the close friendship between Scherer and Müller. During the first "Rot-Blau" exhibition in the Kunsthalle Basel, Müller, supported by Kirchner, decided to leave the group because he felt he was being disadvantaged by Scherer.
In 1926 Müller died suddenly of typhus at the age of 29 . His wife Anna and the twins died of the same disease a few months later.
Work
Wood sculptor
Girls in the Garden , 1926
Vineyards in Ticino , 1925
Exhibitions
- 2010: Albert Müller, Kunstmuseum Basel
- 2008: Expressionism from the mountains, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur
- 2003: Expressive !, Fondation Beyeler , Riehen
- 1992: Albert Müller: paintings, sculptures, drawings, 1924–1926, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Public collections
- Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
- Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur
- Kirchner Museum Davos
- Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
- Museo Cantonale d'Arte Lugano, Lugano
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles
literature
- Beat Stutzer: Albert Müller (1897–1926) and the Basel artist group Rot-Blau. With a critical catalog of the paintings, panes of glass and sculptures. Reinhardt, Basel; Prestel, Munich 1981 (Swiss Institute for Art Research. Catalogs of works of Swiss artists 9).
- Marlies Kornfeld: Albert Müller. The graphic work. Kornfeld Gallery, Bern 1988.
Web links
- Beat Stutzer: Müller, Albert. In: Sikart
- Dark-light, a chapter in Basel art . Albert Müller, group exhibition. In: Galerie Müller, Basel 2019
- Dominique Spirgi: Exhibition Dunkel - Hell In: Basler Zeitung , September 26, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürg Düblin: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Albert Müller, Paul Camenisch. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Jürg Düblin: Albert Müller. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss expressionist artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1926 |
| Place of death | Obino, Muggio Valley , Switzerland |