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William James Müller
William James Müller

William James Müller

English, 1812 - 1845
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William James Müller, also spelt Muller, was a British landscape and figure painter, the best-known artist of the Bristol School.

Müller was born at Bristol, the son of J. S. Müller, a Prussian from Danzig, curator of a museum in Bristol. He first studied painting under James Baker Pyne. His early pictures were mostly of the scenery of Gloucestershire and Wales, and he learned much from his study of Claude, Ruysdael, and earlier landscape-painters. He witnessed the 1831 Bristol riots and recorded some of the scenes in a series of "raw and brilliant oil and watercolour sketches". In 1833 he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, showing Destruction of Old London Bridge-Morning. The next year he made a tour through France, Switzerland and Italy.

He visited the Middle East twice. The first visit was in 1838-39 when he visited Athens, and travelled onwards to Alexandria and Cairo, where he spent two weeks before continuing up the Nile to Luxor, where he made drawings of the ruins and landscapes before returning to Cairo in mid-January. Shortly after his return he left Bristol and settled in London, where he exhibited regularly. His scenes of Egyptian streets and market proved especially popular. His second visit was to Lycia in south west Turkey in 1843-44 when Charles Fellows was removing the Xanthus Marbles for the British Museum. His journey was at the request of the archaeologist Charles Fellows – but at his own expense – Müller and his pupil Harry Johnson accompanied the government expedition to Lycia. He spent three months sketching the landscape and local people around Xanthus, Pinara and Tlos. He spent most of the rest of his life, after his return to England, working on watercolours, and a few oils, of Lycian subjects. The work he carried out at Lycia is considered to be among his finest.

In 1840 he again visited France, where he executed a series of sketches of Renaissance architecture, twenty-five of which were lithographed and published in 1841, in a folio entitled The Age of Francis I. of France.

He died at Bristol on 8 September 1845. Following his death, his work was in great demand; leading to the production of a considerable number of fakes.

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Landscape with bridge

Landscape with bridge (1841)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Near the Caravan Bridge, Smyrna

Near the Caravan Bridge, Smyrna (1843)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Study of a Rustic Interior Scene

Study of a Rustic Interior Scene

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Interior of the Church of San Benedetto, Subiaco

Interior of the Church of San Benedetto, Subiaco (1837)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
The Bridge

The Bridge

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Market Scene

Market Scene

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
Tivoli

Tivoli (1835)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Rock cut tombs, Lycia

Rock cut tombs, Lycia (1843)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Storm, Anatolia

Storm, Anatolia (1843)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Head of a Lascar, Smyrna

Head of a Lascar, Smyrna

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
Country house and lane

Country house and lane

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
The Bridge at Llangollen

The Bridge at Llangollen

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Landscape with river

Landscape with river

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Landscape with windmill

Landscape with windmill

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
The old mill

The old mill

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
An Enslaved African

An Enslaved African (1838)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
A Mountain Torrent

A Mountain Torrent

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Cleeve, Somerset, with Bridgewater Bay in the Distance

Cleeve, Somerset, with Bridgewater Bay in the Distance (1841)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Pines on Hampstead Heath

Pines on Hampstead Heath (1842)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Study of a Cottage by a lane

Study of a Cottage by a lane

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Study of a Man, Bust-Length, in Moorish Costume

Study of a Man, Bust-Length, in Moorish Costume (ca. 1841–45)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
Young Fisherman

Young Fisherman

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
Street Scene In Cairo

Street Scene In Cairo (1839)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
Prayers In The Desert

Prayers In The Desert (1840-1849)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Religion
A View of Eton and the Fellows Eyot

A View of Eton and the Fellows Eyot

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Cleve Toot, near Bristol

Cleve Toot, near Bristol

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Gillingham on the Medway

Gillingham on the Medway

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Hanham Lock on the Avon

Hanham Lock on the Avon

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Crypt of the bishop’s palace during the Bristol riots

Crypt of the bishop’s palace during the Bristol riots (1832)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Landscape
Oriental Scene

Oriental Scene (ca. 1844)

William James Müller (English, 1812 - 1845)
Figurative
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