Johannes Müller (painter, 1806)

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Johannes Müller (born October 4, 1806 in Hundwil , † December 27, 1897 in Stein AR , reformed , resident in Hundwil) is a Swiss painter and representative of Appenzell peasant painting .

Arrival on the Alp, around 1865

Life

Johannes Müller, son of the miller and farmer Johannes Müller senior and Anna Katharina née Zuberbühler, worked as a painter, glazier and watchmaker . He was married twice. His first marriage was in 1829 with Anna Katharina, born Näf, with whom he had two sons, the elder of whom died early. In 1863, one year after the death of his first wife, he married the widow Anna Näf-Alder from Urnäsch . Johannes Müller died on December 27, 1897 at the age of 91 in Stein in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

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Johannes Müller - he worked on behalf of wealthy farmers - began his artistic career as a furniture painter. As a result, Muller moved to the painting of portraits and of Eimerbödeli - a round painting on the bottom of the bucket driving or Melkeimers that from Senn is supported by the handle on the left shoulder. Müller's first known Eimerbödeli dates from 1832 and was made for a certain Martin Weiss. In addition, Johannes Müller painted views of prominent buildings such as the Rossfall inn as well as numerous alpine images - in which scenes of the festive alpine lift in May are depicted. He created his first autographed Alpfahrt picture with the "Alp Wendbläss" in 1859.

Johannes Müller - he is considered the Nestor of Appenzell Poya or Senntumsmalerei  - shaped the genre with his accurate arrangement of animals, people and houses in the peculiarly staggered landscape. He was the teacher of Anna Barbara Giezendanner and Johannes Zülle , whom he significantly influenced. Müller's works can be viewed in the permanent exhibition on Senntumsmalerei in the Appenzell Folklore Museum in Stein AR .

His works can be found in the following museums: Museum Appenzell , Museum of Cultures Basel , History and Ethnology Museum St. Gallen , Art Museum St. Gallen , Appenzeller Folklore Museum Stein AR , Appenzell Museum of Customs Urnäsch .

Catalog raisonné

(Selection)

  • Sennstreifen, 1872
  • Portrait of a herdsman, ca.1860
  • Alp Wendbläss (inscription: " Jakob Frehner, Alp Wendbläss, painted 1859, Müller ")
  • Alpfahrt, approx. 1870
  • Alpfahrt, approx. 1860
  • Alp, ca.1860
  • Toggenburg Alp, 1855
  • Three different views of the Gasthaus zum Rossfall, 1880–1885

literature

  • Rudolf Hanhart: Appenzell peasant painting. Appenzell peasant art . Verlag Arthur Niggli AG , 1959, 2nd edition 1970.
  • Robert Wildhaber (ed.): Swiss folk art . Pro Helvetia, Zurich 1969, p. 12.
  • Arthur Niggli, Ida Niggli: Appenzeller peasant painting: the naive art of the Appenzeller from 1850 to today . Verlag Arthur Niggli AG, 1975, ISBN 372120090X , p. 28.
  • Heinrich Ammann: The watchmaker Johannes Müller. In: Guy Filippa (Ed.): Glance into an idyll: Swiss folk art and naive painting from four centuries . Benteli, Bern 1983, ISBN 3716504432 , pp. 144–149.
  • Ernst Hohl: Peasant painting around the Säntis . Silva, 1995, ISBN 3908486777 .
  • Swiss Institute for Art Research (Ed.); Karl Jost (Head): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art. Dictionnaire biographique de l'art suisse. Dizionario biografico dell'arte svizzera. 2 volumes. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1998, p. 758.
  • Rudolf Hanhart, Stefan Sonderegger, Peter Witschi, Appenzeller Volkskunde-Museum Stein AR: Johannes Müller, 1806-1897. For the 250th anniversary of the Stein AR community . Exhibition in the Appenzell Folklore Museum Stein AR May 1st – 5th. September 1999. Kunz-Druck, 1999.

Web links

Commons : Johannes Müller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Senn with a bucket at Zauren In: www.flickr.com
  2. ^ Die Alpfahrt ( Memento of December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: www.g26.ch
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss peasant painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Hundwil
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1897
Place of death Stone AR