Victor Müller (painter, 1871)
Victor (also Viktor ) Müller (born July 26, 1871 in Galanta , Pressburg County ; † February 23, 1951 in Melk , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian history painter .
Life
Victor Müller was born in the town of Galanta in the Danube Plain, east of Pressburg . The April 26th date of birth given in older publications is incorrect. He studied at the Vienna Academy and was among other things a student of August Eisenmenger . In Vienna he painted historical pictures and works in Art Nouveau at the turn of the century . From around 1930 he lived in Melk, where mainly representational landscapes and vedutas were created.
Victor Müller is largely forgotten today. After all, there is still a picture of Müller in the permanent exhibition of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere .
Works (excerpt)
- Sphinx (Vienna, Austrian Gallery), 1906, oil on canvas
- Knabenkopf (Vienna, Austrian Gallery)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viktor Müller (1871 Galanta - 1951 Melk) - Sphinx. Austrian Gallery Belvedere, accessed September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Viktor Müller (1871 Galanta - 1951 Melk) - Boy's head. Austrian Gallery Belvedere, accessed September 27, 2017 .
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SURNAME | Müller, Victor |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Müller, Viktor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1871 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Galanta |
DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1951 |
Place of death | Melk |