Josef Müller (art Collector)
Josef Müller (born 15 February 1887 in Solothurn; died 24 March 1977) was a Swiss art collector and curator. Biography Josef Müller was the son of Josef Müller senior, co-founder of the Solothurn company Müller & Schweizer, which specializes in the manufacture of diversified watch parts, and Anna Müller, née Haiber. After the premature death of his parents, he was raised by a governess, completed a mechanical engineering degree at the Polytechnic in Zurich, completed an internship in the US from 1912 to 1914 and joined his father's company. As a result, Müller withdrew from the family business and turned to art. He became a student of Cuno Amiet and set up his own studio, initially in Geneva, and from 1922 in Paris. Müller - he began to collect modern, African, Asian, and ancient art - returned to Solothurn in 1942, where he worked as a curator at the Solothurn Art Museum from 1943 to 1967. He was a member and president of the Solothurn Art Commission and from 1954 to 1 ...
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