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Victor Müller - Horatio als Akt, aus ‘Hamlet und Horatio auf dem Kirchhof’
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Victor Müller

Victor Müller was a German painter.
Beginning his artistic studies under Steinle at the Frankfurt art school, he continued them at Antwerp and ultimately went to Paris (1849), where he stayed for 11 years, diligently studying the methods and manner of Thomas Couture, Eugène Delacroix and Gustave Courbet. He became a follower of Courbet, whose technique, the reverse of Couture's, he adopted, and subsequently helped to promote in Germany.

In 1858 he returned to Frankfurt, where he soon attracted attention with a series of pictures, thoroughly realistic in conception and of great coloristic charm, but scarcely understood by a public accustomed to the sentimental trend of the Düsseldorf school of that period. Therefore, he moved to Munich in 1866, where revolutionary departures from traditional treatment as the “Sleeping Wood-Nymph” (1863), or “Hero and Leander,” were more likely to be appreciated. For the castle of Kronberg in the Taunus, he painted a series of scenes from the history of Baron Hartmuth von Kronberg. He also produced his famous “Hero und Leander.”

Following these works came “Hamlet mit Horatio auf dem Friedhof” (“Hamlet with Horatio in the Churchyard”), “Ophelia am Bach” (“Ophelia by the brook”), “Romeo und Julia”, and his last and unfinished work, “Faust auf dem Spaziergang” (“Faust on a Stroll”). Among his other works are “Waldnymphe” (“Wood nymph”), “Tannhäuser im Venusberg”, “Landschaftsszene aus Victor Hugos Les misérables” (“A landscape from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables”). His last finished picture was “Blumenmädchen” (“Flower Girl”).

All of his works are distinguished by a certain literary or poetic character which appeals to the fancy like a strain of lyric music, although the coloring sometimes runs in its vividness to the verge of extravagance.

He married Ida Scholderer, Otto Scholderer's sister in 1868.

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Dante in a conversation

Dante in a conversation

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Drapery study

Drapery study

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Alter Mönch und ein Ritter in historischer Tracht

Alter Mönch und ein Ritter in historischer Tracht

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Liegender männlicher Akt in Rückansicht, auf den rechten Unterarm gestützt

Liegender männlicher Akt in Rückansicht, auf den rechten Unterarm gestützt

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Love couple at the beach

Love couple at the beach

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Auf dem Boden sitzender, übellauniger männlicher Akt, von einer neben ihm knienden weiblichen Gestalt umsorgt , sowie weitere figürliche Skizzen

Auf dem Boden sitzender, übellauniger männlicher Akt, von einer neben ihm knienden weiblichen Gestalt umsorgt , sowie weitere figürliche Skizzen

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Frauenkopf, stark nach rechts gesenkt

Frauenkopf, stark nach rechts gesenkt

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Hamlet and Horatio in the Churchyard

Hamlet and Horatio in the Churchyard (1868)

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Absalom’s death

Absalom’s death

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Head of a woman to the left

Head of a woman to the left

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Eine junge Frau neben einer leblosen Gestalt, den Tod flehendlich umarmend.

Eine junge Frau neben einer leblosen Gestalt, den Tod flehendlich umarmend.

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Junges Paar, rechts von ihm führen eine Gruppe Amoretten zwei Pferde zur Tränke

Junges Paar, rechts von ihm führen eine Gruppe Amoretten zwei Pferde zur Tränke

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Sitzender Hartmut aus ‘Ritter Hartmut von Kronberg bei dem Reformator Oecolampadius in Basel’

Sitzender Hartmut aus ‘Ritter Hartmut von Kronberg bei dem Reformator Oecolampadius in Basel’ (ca. 1866 – 1867)

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
Der Totengräber aus Shakespeares Hamlet

Der Totengräber aus Shakespeares Hamlet

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
The besieged beauty

The besieged beauty (ca. 1855)

Victor Müller (German, 1829–1871)
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