Leopold Carl Müller (9 December 1834 – 4 August 1892) was an

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n genre painter noted for his Orientalist works.

Biography

Born in

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to Austrian parents, he was a pupil of

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and of Christian Ruben at the Academy in Vienna. Obliged to support his family after his father's death, he worked eight years as an illustrator for the Vienna ''Figaro''. Continuing his studies subsequently, he visited repeatedly

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and

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, and made his name favorably known through a series of scenes from popular life in Italy and

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. In the late 1860s, he visited

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, where he was inspired by the work of

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and subsequently turned his attention to the Orientalist genre. In 1877 Müller took a position as professor at the Vienna Academy and later as a rector during 1890–91. Among his pupils were several orientalists such as Ludwig Deutsch, Paul Joanowitch, Jean Discart and Charles Wilda. His sisters were the painters Marie Müller and Bertha Müller, both well known in Austria for their portrait paintings. The third sister, Josefine, married the Austrian portrait painter Eduard Swoboda, he was the father of the painter Rudolf Swoboda and the portrait painter Josefine Swoboda. He travelled to Egypt many times throughout his life, often staying there for six months at a time. In 1879, on his fifth visit, he travelled with his nephew and student, Rudolf Swoboda.''Orient: Österreichische Malerei zwischen 1848 und 1914,'' Salzburger Residenzgalerie, 1997, p. 373 He died, aged 57, in Weidlingau, now part of

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and is buried at "The Zentralfriedhof" ("Central Cemetery") in Vienna.

Work

He displayed his coloristic talent to greater advantage in oriental subjects, such as ''Arabian Money-Changers,'' ''Pilgrims to Mecca Resting,'' ''Bedouins in Camp,'' ''Camel Mart,'' ''Young Copt Woman'' (New Pinakothek, Munich). Other works include ''The Inundation in Vienna,'' (1862) ''Old Little Matron'' and ''Last Task of the Day'' (both in the Vienna Museum); and ''Soldiers in the Thirty Years' War'' (Prague Gallery). He most well-known work is the ''Market in Cairo,'' (1878) which is currently held in the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna. File:Leopold Carl Müller - Beduinendorf - 1887.jpeg, ''Bedouin Village,'' 1887 File:Leopold Carl Müller Blinder Bettler 1878.jpg, ''Blind Beggar,'' 1878 File:Arab Cemetery (1878) - TIMEA.jpg, ''Arab Cemetery,'' 1878 File:Leopold Carl Müller - Market in Lower Egypt.jpg, ''Market in Lower Egypt,'' date unknown File:Leopold Carl Müller Kopf eines Fellachen.jpg, ''Kopf eines Fellachen,'' before 1892 File:Müller-An Egyptian Girl.jpg, ''An Egyptian Girl,'' 1892

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Leopold 1834 births 1892 deaths Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery Painters from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Austrian Orientalist painters

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