Andreas Johann Jacob Heinrich Müller (19 February 1811,

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– 29 March 1890,

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) was a German

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ist; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule.

Biography

He was the son of a

court painter A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...

, who, in 1817, became Director of the Grand Ducal gallery in

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. His younger brother,

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was also an artist. He received his first art lessons from his father then, in 1833, enrolled at the

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, where he studied with

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (26 March 1794 – 24 May 1872) () was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Renaissance style in religious ...

and

Peter von Cornelius Peter von Cornelius (23 September 1783, Düsseldorf – 6 March 1867, Berlin) was a German Painting, painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement. He was the uncle of the composer Peter Cornelius (1824–1874). Life Earl ...

. The following year, to improve his oil painting techniques, he transferred to the

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, under the direction of

Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (7 September 1789 – 19 March 1862) was a German Romantic painter. Biography He was born in Berlin, the second son of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow, who gave him his first lessons in drawing. He then turn ...

. Under the influence of

Ernst Deger Ernst Deger (15 April 1809, Bockenem – 27 January 1885, Düsseldorf) was a German religious artist, in the style of the Nazarene movement. He is considered to be the main representative of Christian art in the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Lif ...

, he turned to religious art, which had already begun to interest him in Munich. His first work in that genre, "Three Singing Angels", was purchased by

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in 1836. This enabled him to accompany Deger to Italy in 1837 where, in Rome, he joined the

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. In 1840, he married Maria Katharina Schweden (1814–1883), the daughter of a Master

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r. The following year, he returned to Düsseldorf with Maria and his newborn son, Joseph. Together with Deger, his brother Karl, and Franz Ittenbach, he was commissioned by Count

Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Stammheim Franz Egon Graf von Fürstenberg-Stammheim (24 March 179720 December 1859) was a German aristocrat, landowner and politician. He was a member of the House of Fürstenberg, a Westphalian noble family. Franz Egon was an enthusiastic patron of art, ...

to create wall paintings at the

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. That project occupied him from 1843 to 1851. Most of the work was done under his direction, but his personal contribution consisted of four panels near the

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, depicting the life of Saint Apollinaris. He also did smaller figures of various

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s, associated with the noble families who were financing the work. In 1855, he was appointed a Professor at the Kunstakademie, succeeding , who had retired. In that position, he taught art history and served as curator of the Krahe Art Collection. In 1872, he and a group of young students were able to save the collection, during a fire that destroyed much of Düsseldorf Castle.

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: ''Zur Geschichte der Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie. Abriß ihres letzten Jahrzehnts und Denkschrift zur Einweihungsfeier des Neubaus.'' Voss, Düsseldorf 1880, pg.11
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Several of his own works, in his studio, including an almost completed altarpiece, were lost. It took him until 1877 to redo it. His teaching left him less time to devote to his paintings. Nevertheless, he became involved in restorative work; notably on an

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, at the request of

Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (''Adolf Georg''; 1 August 1817 – 8 May 1893) was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Biography He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princes ...

. A major restoration at , also on behalf of Prince Adolf, was incomplete when he suffered a major

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in 1881. It left him paralyzed and unable to speak until his death in 1890, shortly after his seventy-ninth birthday.

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