Morten Müller (13 February 1828 – 10 February 1911) was a

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landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...

Biography

Morten Müller was born by the Christianiafjord at

Holmestrand is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Holmestrand. The town was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). ...

, in

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County, Norway. Morten Müller began his art studies with

Adolph Tidemand Adolph Tidemand (14 August 18148 August 1876) was a noted Norwegian romantic nationalism painter. Among his best known paintings are ''Haugianerne'' (''The Haugeans''; 1852) and '' Brudeferd i Hardanger'' (''The Bridal Procession in Hardanger''; ...

and

Hans Gude Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Roma ...

in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 1847 to 1848. From 1850 he was again a student at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová, ...

, with

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (5 September 1807 in Jülich – 11 September 1863 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape artist born in Jülich, within the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Duchy of Jülich. Biography Schirmer was started as a student of ...

as a teacher. From 1850 to 1851, Müller painted with the Swedish landscape painter Marcus Larson in

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. From 1866 to 1873, Morten Müller lived in

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, where he taught together with

Knud Bergslien Knud Larsen Bergslien (15 May 1827 – 27 November 1908) was a Norwegian painter, art teacher and master artist. In his art, he frequently portrayed the lives of the Norwegian people, their history and heroes of the past. Bergslien is most associ ...

, first at the art school operated by

Johan Fredrik Eckersberg Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (16 June 1822 – 13 July 1870) was a Norwegian painter most noted for his landscapes. Eckersberg was a prominent figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in 19th-century Norwegian art, both as an artistic p ...

. Later he continued working with

at the Bergslien school of Art. In 1875, Müller returned to Düsseldorf, where he lived the rest of his life. He is associated with the

Düsseldorf school of painting The Düsseldorf school of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Düsseldorf Academy (now the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State Art Academy) during the 1830s and 1840s, when the A ...

. Among his landscape motifs are fjords and pine forests. He is represented with several works in the

National Gallery of Norway The National Gallery ( no, Nasjonalgalleriet) is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. , the admission cost is 100 Norwegian kroner. History It was establishe ...

. In 1875, Morten Müller was appointed as a painter to the Swedish Royal Court. He was knighted into the

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in 1869 and in 1874 became an honorary member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ...

in Stockholm. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Olav during 1882 and became a commander of the 2nd Class of 1895.

Notable works

*''Fra omegnen av Christianiafjorden'' (“View on Christianiafjord,” 1855) *''Norsk Landskab med Vandsag'' (“Pine Forest in Norway,” 1860) *''Ved Hardangerfjordens utløp'' (“Entrance to

Hardangerfjord The Hardangerfjord ( en, Hardanger Fjord) is the fifth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway. It is located in Vestland county in the Hardanger region. The fjord stretches from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountain ...

,” 1866) *''Ulriksdal'' (1870) *''

Romsdalfjord Romsdalsfjord or Romsdal Fjord ( no, Romsdalsfjorden) is the ninth-longest fjord in Norway. It is long and located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Molde, Ålesund, Vestnes, and Rauma. ...

'' (1876) *''Norsk fossefall med furuskog'' (“Norwegian waterfall and pine forest,” 1879) *''Norsk fiskehavn ved Christianiafjorden'' (“Norwegian fishing port in Christianiafjord,” 1880) *''Norsk urskog'' (“Norwegian virgin forest,” 1883) *''Norwegische Fernsicht'' (“Norwegian vista,” 1886) *“Forest Lake by Moonlight” (1892)

Gallery

File:Morten Müller-Innsjø med robåt og mennesker 1876.jpg, ''Lake with Rowboat'' (1876) File:Morten Müller, Norsk kystlandskap med folkeliv, 1857, Museum Kunst der Westküste.jpg, ''Norse Seascape with Figures'' (1857) File:Morten muller.jpg, ''Landscape. Private Island'' (1874)

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