Gerard Muller

Gerard Gustaaf Muller (20 January 1861, Amsterdam - 26 March 1929, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Impressionist painter, associated with the Tachtigers literary movement. His later works show elements of Orientalism.

Gerard Muller
Students at the Academy in Antwerp, 1882-1883. Muller is the 4th from the right.
Born
Gerard Gustaaf Muller

20 January 1861
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Died26 March 1929, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NationalityDutch
EducationRoyal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
Known forPainter
MovementOrientalist

Biography
Figures in the Medina Quarter.
Fancy Dress.

His father was a ship owner and his older brother was the writer, Hendrik Muller (1855-1927). From 1880 to 1884, he studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé.[1] While there, his brother introduced him and his friends, Jacobus van Looy and Jan Veth, to a group called "Flanor", precursor of the Tachtiger (Eighties) movement.[2]

From 1884 to 1888, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat.[1] In 1887, he took second place for the Willink van Collenprijs. The following year, he returned to Amsterdam and took up residence at a house near the Oosterpark which would also be home to George Breitner and Isaac Israels, among others.

At this time, he created mostly watercolors of city scenes with figures. Later, he made several long trips; to Spain (1900), Italy (1913) and Morocco (1920).[2] His work gradually came to show an obvious southern influence and many had Orientalist features.

In early 1918, he held an exhibition at the showroom of the "Maatschappij Panorama" and made the acquaintance of Louis Couperus, who held a lecture there in February; a meeting that received positive notice in the Algemeen Handelsblad. He and Couperus would become regular correspondents after that.

For many years, he was a member of Arti et Amicitiae; serving as its secretary and, later, as treasurer.[2] In 1889, he married Jenny Juliette "Jetje" Roos (1865-1957), a comic actress.[3]

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See also

References
  1. Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.
  2. Brief biographies of Muller and his brother @ ArtWis.
  3. Juliette Roos @ IMDb

Media related to Gerard Gustaaf Muller at Wikimedia Commons


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