Gerard Gustaaf Muller (20 January 1861 – 26 March 1929) was a Dutch

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painter associated with the

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literary movement. His later works show elements of

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Biography

His father, Johan Werner Anton Muller, was a ship owner. He had two older brothers; Hendrik (1855-1927), a writer, and , an architect. From 1880 to 1884, he studied at the

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with

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@ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. While there, Hendrik introduced him and his friends,

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and

Jan Veth Jan Pieter Veth (18 May 1864, Dordrecht – 1 July 1925, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic and university lecturer. He is especially noted as a portrait painter. Amongst his sitters were Max Liebermann, Lambertus Zijl, Frank van ...

, to a group called "Flanor", precursor of the Tachtiger (Eighties) movement.Brief biographies of Muller and his brother
@ ArtWis. From 1884 to 1888, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat. In 1887, he took second place for the

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. The following year, he returned to Amsterdam and took up residence at a house near the Oosterpark which would also be home to

George Breitner George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He pa ...

and

Isaac Israëls Isaac Lazarus Israëls (3 February 1865 – 7 October 1934) was a Dutch painter associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Biography The son of Jozef Israëls, one of the most respected painters of the Hague School, and Aleida ...

, among others. At this time, he created mostly watercolors of city scenes with figures. Later, he made several long trips; to Spain (1900), Italy (1913) and Morocco (1920). His work gradually came to show an obvious southern influence and many had Orientalist features. In early 1918, he held an exhibition at the showroom of the "Maatschappij Panorama" and made the acquaintance of

Louis Couperus Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (10 June 1863 – 16 July 1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and ske ...

, who held a lecture there in February; a meeting that received positive notice in the ''

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''. He and Couperus would become regular correspondents after that. For many years, he was a member of Arti et Amicitiae; serving as its secretary and, later, as treasurer. In 1889, he married Jenny Juliette "Jetje" Roos (1865-1957), a comic actress.Juliette Roos
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Selected paintings

File:Muller-Invitation.jpg, Invitation File:GG Muller Medina.jpg, Figures in the

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File:Muller-Girl.jpg, Girl at the Door File:GG Muller Fancy dress.jpg, Fancy Dress

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