Michael Brandmüller

Napoleon's death

Michael Brandmüller (* 1793 in Vienna ; † 1852 ibid) was an Austrian painter, miniature painter and lithographer.

Brandmüller studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and from April 9, 1823 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich . From 1826 to 1835 he was a member of the Munich Art Association, after which he settled in Vienna and worked primarily as a miniature painter. He also devoted himself to lithography from 1825. He created lithographic portraits of well-known personalities as well as illustrations based on his own templates and masterpieces from the past, such as Raphael .

literature

• Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist Lexicon or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . Volume 2, EA Fleischmann, Munich 1835, p. 119 ( digitized version )
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Brandmüller, Michael . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 114 ( digitized version ).
• Hans Vollmer : Brandmüller, Michael . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 533 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Georg Wacha : Brandmüller, Michael . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 13, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22753-1 , p. 625.

Web links

Commons : Michael Brandmüller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matriculation Book Academy Munich
• Michael Brandmüller. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)