Charles Louis Müller (Paris 22 December 1815 – 10 January 1892 Paris), also known as Müller de Paris, was a French painter.
Biography
He was the pupil of
Léon Cogniet,
Baron Gros and others in the
École des Beaux-Arts
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. In 1837 he exhibited his first picture, '' Christmas Morning.'' From 1850 to 1853 he directed the
manufactory of Gobelin tapestries. In 1864 he became a member of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts
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Background
The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...
of the
Institut de France
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, succeeding
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin.
Works
He was a fecund producer of historic pictures and portraits. Among his works are ''Heliogabalus'' (1841), ''Primavera'' (1846), ''Haydée'' (1848), ''Lady Macbeth'', and his masterpiece, ''Calling Out the Last Victims of the
Reign of Terror
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at the Prison of Saint-Lazare'' (''Appel des dernières victimes de la Terreur dans la prison de Saint-Lazare''), with portraits of the most illustrious victims). Also notable are ''Vive l'Empereur'', based on a poem by Méry about an episode in the
battle before Paris, March 30, 1814 (1855), ''Marie Antoinette'' (1857), ''A Mass During the Reign of Terror'' (1863), ''Desdemona'' (1868), ''Lanjuinais at the Tribune'' (1869), ''The Madness of King Lear'' (1875), ''Charlotte Corday in Prison''
[At one time this was the most copied painting in the Corcoran Gallery of Washington, D.C., which deaccessioned the painting in 1979; see Sarah Cash, editor]
''Corcoran Gallery of Art: American paintings to 1945''
2011, p. 43. While many copies exist, the current location of Müller's original painting is unknown; see Wierich, Jochen
''The domestication of history in American art: 1848-1876''
dissertation, College of William & Mary—Arts & Sciences, 1998, p. 108. (1875), ''Mater Dolorosa'' (1877), ''The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew'' and ''The Massacre of the Innocents''.
He executed
fresco
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es for the Salle d'État and the
Galerie d'Apollon
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in the
Louvre
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, and for the ceiling of the Salon Denon.
[According to ]French Wikipedia
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(visited 12 July 2014), painted between 1863 and 1866, representing four important French sovereigns prior to Napoleon III (also, see External Links for direct link to Louvre description).
Gallery (chronological)
File:Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne - Appel des dernières victimes de la terreur dans la prison de saint Lazare.7, 9 thermidor 1794 - Charles Louis MULLER.jpg, ''Calling Out the Last Victims of the Terror at Saint Lazare Prison on the 7-9 Thermidor, Year II 5-27 July 1794' (1850), Musée de la Révolution française
The Musée de la Révolution française (Museum of the French Revolution) is a departments of France, departmental museum in the French town of Vizille, south of Grenoble on the Route Napoléon. It is the only museum in the world dedicated to the ...
File:Lille PdBA muller folie d'aydee.JPG, ''The Madness of Haydée'', scene from ''The Count of Monte Cristo
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...
'' (1848)
File:Charles-Lucien-Louis Muller (1815-92) - The Reception of Queen Victoria by Napoleon III at St Cloud, 18 August 1855 - RCIN 404893 - Royal Collection.jpg, ''Arrival of the Queen of England at the Palace of Saint Cloud'' (1855)
File:Ceiling of the Salon Denon, Louvre 2011.jpg, Ceiling of the Salon Denon with frescoes by Müller (1863–1866)
File:Muller - Lanjuinais à la tribune de la Convention.jpg, ''The Tribunal of the National Convention
The National Convention () was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for its first three years during the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the ...
'' (1868)
File:Charlotte Corday in Prison, Charles Louis Muller (NYPL b12647398-70557) (cropped).tiff, ''Charlotte Corday in Prison'' (1875), vintage postcard of the painting of unknown location
References
Sources
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External links
* Details regarding Müller's ''Charlotte Corday in Prison'' at the Smithsonia
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
* Decoration for the ceiling of the Denon room at the Louvre, commissioned in 1862, executed 1863–1866.
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1815 births
1892 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
Painters from Paris
Pupils of Antoine-Jean Gros
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
19th-century French male artists