Ernst Müller-Scheessel
Ernst Müller-Scheessel (born April 24, 1863 in Scheeßel ; † December 11, 1936 in Bremen ) was a German artist, founder of the "Bremen Artists Association" and professor at the Bremen School of Applied Arts .
biography
Müller was born in 1863 as the seventh child of the businessman Adolf Conrad Müller and his wife. He attended the art school in Hanover and the arts and crafts school in Berlin . There he completed an apprenticeship as a glass painter while attending school . In 1888 Müller emigrated to Canada . In 1896 he returned to Germany to study with Anton Azbe in Munich . The following year he moved back to Bremen. He changed his last name to Müller-Scheessel . In 1903 he married Emilie Roselius, a sister of the coffee producer Ludwig Roselius . Müller-Scheessel was a co-founder of the Lower Saxony magazine , for which he also contributed illustrations. In 1908 he built the arts and crafts house on the Meyerhof in Scheeßel.
In 1910 the artist set up a studio in Bremen's Böttcherstraße, in the Roselius House . His first exhibition took place there in 1913. Around 150 works in oil, watercolor and gouache as well as some of his furniture design work were shown at the time .
In 1918 he was a co-founder of the Bremen Artists' Association , the following year he went to the Bremen Adult Education Center , where he taught Low German applied arts . At the same time, he taught watercolor and glass painting at the arts and crafts school in Bremen.
On October 13, 1928, the Roselius House, redesigned by Müller-Scheessel, was opened as a museum of old Low German art and folk culture . In 1934 the Bremen Senate appointed Müller-Scheessel as professor. Müller-Scheessel then taught at the University of the Arts.
On December 11, 1936, the artist suffered a fatal heart attack. He was buried in the Riensberg cemetery .
Web links
- official homepage
- Literature by and about Ernst Müller-Scheessel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller-Scheessel, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Müller, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scheeßel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1936 |
| Place of death | Bremen |