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Description: | W. J. Muller (Mueller), was born in Bristol, the son of a Prussian refugee who became curator of the Bristol Museum. He trained for two years under J. B. Pyne, a landscape painter based in Bristol. He exhibited at the RA from 1833 and became an important Bristol artist, reputed as a watercolourist. He also painted in Norfolk and Suffolk, and in 1834-5 travelled in Europe, especially Venice. In 1838-9 he travelled further around the Mediterranean, and in the latter year transferred his English base to London. In 1843-4 he travelled to Lycia, in modern Turkey with an archaeological expedition, and he also went to Egypt. He returned to Bristol in 1845 for health reasons, and died there from a heart condition, in September 1845. In 1893 a bust of Muller (by Nathan Branwhit) was placed in Bristol Cathedral as a memorial.
Oil painting showing a reclining young man (Gypsy) in traditional Turkish dress - a green embroidered jacket and a yellow and orange headpiece. He is outdoors and the sky is blue with white clouds. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | British Empire Fine arts Men Portrait painting Oil painting Oil Paintings Turkey Gypsy Victorian period Zingari People and roles Paintings Portraits Young people People Turkish (cultural identity) Art collections | Temporal: | 1845
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | MULLER; William James (1812 - 1845) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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