Heinrich Müller (painter, 1800)

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Heinrich Müller (* in Eisenach in the second half of the 18th century ) was a German draftsman and painter in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach .

Live and act

Müller studied in Italy and made a large number of studies after frescoes by Raphael in Rome and Perugia . He also made many “very lively” traditional costume drawings there.

Müller made a name for himself in the Grand Duchy in the first half of the 19th century with numerous colored portrait drawings and portraits in chalk and oil . In particular, he portrayed people from high society and the nobility. Contemporaries described him as a “master of chalk drawing and oil painting” as well as “an artist of reputation”.

In 1835 and 1836 his pictures were shown at the exhibition of the Grand Ducal Art Institute in Weimar.

  • Painting by Heinrich Müller

  • Portrait of the Grand Ducal Chancellor Gustav Wittich , chalk 1837

  • Portrait of the Grand Ducal Building Councilor Johann Wilhelm Sältzer , pastel 1835

  • The future New York architect Alexander Sältzer as a carpenter journeyman in Eisenach, pastel 1832

Sources and literature

  • GK Nagler: New general artist lexicon . Ninth volume. EA Fleischmann Verlag, Munich 1840

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nagler 1840, p. 365.
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman and painter of the Romantic period
DATE OF BIRTH before 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenach
DATE OF DEATH 19th century