Walter Emil Müller
Walter Emil Müller (born November 12, 1896 in Zurich ; died August 30, 1983 there ) was a Swiss painter who mainly depicted landscapes , still lifes and interiors .
Müller, who completed a commercial apprenticeship, began to paint without any artistic training. From 1916 Müller spent two years in Geneva , where he became acquainted with Ferdinand Hodler's painting through art student Johann Robert Schürch , who was about the same age and who was Ferdinand Hodler's assistant . After another stay in Madrid in 1920/21, Müller returned to Zurich, where he attended Willy Hummel's private art school. From 1923 to 1945 he was in Paris every year to study.
After Müller's first landscapes were still heavily influenced by Hodler, he created late impressionist paintings in the style of Utrillo or Cézanne in the 1920s . In the 1930s, influenced by Picasso and Braque , he turned to elements of Cubism, which further emphasized the pictorial framework, combined with a turn to industrial landscapes and suburban views, which showed a desolation and illusion, increasingly in the direction of a reduction to the essential Image elements exhibited "only the shapes and colored surfaces", "tracks, chimneys and masts connect to a network of lines into which thrown colored surfaces are clamped".
Literature and web links
- Christian Bührle: Walter Emil Müller. Galleria il Tesoro manages the artistic estate of Walter Emil Müller. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
- Müller, Walter Emil. In: Sikart (as of: 2019-07-22), accessed on October 25, 2019.
supporting documents
- ^ A b Christian Bührle: Walter Emil Müller. Galleria il Tesoro manages the artistic estate of Walter Emil Müller. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Walter Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1983 |
| Place of death | Zurich |