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[[File:Charles-Louis Muller Mädchen mit Tambourin.jpg|thumb|200px|Young Lady with Tambourine (by 1892)]]


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'''Charles Louis Müller''' [also known as '''Müller de Paris'''] (Paris 22 December 1815 – 10 January 1892 Paris) was a French painter.
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[[File:Charles-Louis Muller Mädchen mit Tambourin.jpg|thumb|200px|''Young Lady with Tambourine'' (by 1892)]]

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'''Charles Louis Müller''' (also known as '''Müller de Paris)''' (Paris 22 December 1815 – 10 January 1892 Paris) was a French painter.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Works==
==Works==
He was a fecund producer of historic pictures and portraits. Among his works are “Heliogabalus” (1841), “Primavera” (1846), “Haydée”<ref group=lower-alpha>In the [[Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille|Lille Museum]].</ref> (1848), “Lady Macbeth,” and his masterpiece, “Calling Out the Last Victims of the [[Reign of Terror]] 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).<ref group=lower-alpha>The last two are in the [[Musée du Luxembourg|Luxembourg]].</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>[[John Jacob Astor IV]] had a replica of the last in his collection.</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>{{cite web |title=Appel des dernières victimes de la Terreur à la prison Saint Lazare |url=http://www.histoire-image.org/site/oeuvre/analyse.php?i=476 |website=Réunion du Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais |accessdate=12 July 2014|language=fr}}</ref> Also notable are “Vive l'Empereur,” awarded a medal of the first class, it is based on a poem by Méry about an episode in the [[Battle of Paris (1814)|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”<ref group=lower-alpha>In the [[Corcoran Gallery]] of Washington, D.C.</ref> (1875), “Mater Dolorosa” (1877), “The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew” and “The Massacre of the Innocents.”
He was a fecund producer of historic pictures and portraits. Among his works are ''Heliogabalus'' (1841), ''Primavera'' (1846), ''Haydée''<ref>In the [[Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille|Lille Museum]].</ref> (1848), ''Lady Macbeth'', and his masterpiece, ''Calling Out the Last Victims of the [[Reign of Terror]] 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).<ref>The last two are in the [[Musée du Luxembourg|Luxembourg]].</ref><ref>[[John Jacob Astor IV]] had a replica of the last in his collection.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Appel des dernières victimes de la Terreur à la prison Saint Lazare'' |url=http://www.histoire-image.org/site/oeuvre/analyse.php?i=476 |website=Réunion du Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais |accessdate=12 July 2014|language=fr}}</ref> Also notable are ''Vive l'Empereur'', based on a poem by Méry about an episode in the [[Battle of Paris (1814)|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''<ref name=Corday>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, [https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/corcoran-american-art.pdf ''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, [https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3542&context=etd ''The domestication of history in American art: 1848-1876''], dissertation, College of William & Mary—Arts & Sciences, 1998, p. 108.</ref> (1875), ''Mater Dolorosa'' (1877), ''The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew'' and ''The Massacre of the Innocents''.


He executed [[fresco]]es for the Salle d'État in the [[Louvre]],<ref group=lower-alpha>According to [[:fr:Charles Müller (1815-1892)|French Wikipedia]] (visited 22 March 2013), these works were all destroyed by fire, and the [[Mona Lisa]] resides in that location now.</ref> and for the ceiling of the Salon Denon, which still exist.<ref group=lower-alpha>According to [[:fr:Charles Müller (1815-1892)|French Wikipedia]] (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).</ref>
He executed [[fresco]]es for the Salle d'État and the [[Galerie d'Apollon]] in the [[Louvre]],<ref>According to [[:fr:Charles Müller (1815-1892)|French Wikipedia]] (visited 22 March 2013), these works were all destroyed by fire, and the [[Mona Lisa]] resides in that location now.</ref> and for the ceiling of the Salon Denon.<ref>According to [[:fr:Charles Müller (1815-1892)|French Wikipedia]] (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).</ref>


==Gallery (chronological)==
==Evaluation==
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As a painter, he is more to be commended for clever drawing and composition than for his somewhat flat and mediocre coloring.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
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 [25-27 July 1794]'' (1850), [[Musée de la Révolution française]]
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File:Lille PdBA muller folie d'aydee.JPG|''The Madness of Haydée'', scene from ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (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)
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File:Ceiling of the Salon Denon, Louvre 2011.jpg|Ceiling of the Salon Denon with frescoes by Müller (1863-1866)
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File:Muller - Lanjuinais à la tribune de la Convention.jpg|''The Tribunal of the [[National Convention]]'' (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<ref name=Corday />
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File:Charles Louis Lucien Muller The Betrothed.jpg|''The Betrothed'' (by 1892)
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==Gallery==
==References==
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{{Gallery
|title=Paintings by Charles Müller
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|File:L’APPEL DES DERNIÈRES VICTIMES DE LA TERREUR Charles-Louis MULLER.JPG
|alt1=Framed painting with glare from artificial lighting
|Painting, "Calling Out the Last Victims of the Terror at Saint Lazare Prison on the 7-9 Thermidor, Year II [25-27 July 1794]" (circa 1845?)
|File:Lille PdBA muller folie d'aydee.JPG
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|The Madness of Haydée, scene from <br />''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1848)
|File:Victoria Napoléon 1855.jpg
|alt3=Crayon and oil portrait
|"Arrival of the Queen of England at the Palace of Saint Cloud" (1855)
|File:Ceiling of the Salon Denon, Louvre 2011.jpg
|alt4=Ceiling of the Salon Denon in the Louvre
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|Ceiling of the Salon Denon with frescoes by Müller (1863-1866)
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|File:Muller - Lanjuinais à la tribune de la Convention.jpg
|The Tribunal of the<br /> [[National Convention]] (1868)
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|File:Charles Louis Lucien Muller The Betrothed.jpg
|The Betrothed (by 1892)
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==Notes==
==Sources==
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==References==
*{{Americana|wstitle=Müller, Charles Louis |year=1920}}
*{{Americana|wstitle=Müller, Charles Louis |year=1920}}
*{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Müller, Charles Louis |year=1905}}
*{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Müller, Charles Louis |year=1905}}
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Charles-Louis Muller}}
{{commons category|Charles-Louis Müller}}
* Details regarding Müller's ''Charlotte Corday in Prison'' at the Smithsonian [https://siris-artexhibition.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=aeciall&source=~%21siaeci&uri=full%3D3100016~%2178746~%210 Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index].
* {{Cite web|url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=16337|title=Charles-Louis MÜLLER|accessdate=16 May 2011|publisher=cartelfr.louvre.fr}} Decoration for the ceiling of the Denon room at the Louvre, commissioned in 1862, executed 1863-1866.
* {{Cite web|url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=16337|title=Charles-Louis MÜLLER|accessdate=16 May 2011|publisher=cartelfr.louvre.fr}} Decoration for the ceiling of the Denon room at the Louvre, commissioned in 1862, executed 1863-1866.


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Latest revision as of 13:15, 22 April 2024

Charles Louis Müller
Charles Müller by Étienne Carjat (between 1865 and 1870), Paris, BnF
Born28 December 1815 Edit this on Wikidata
Paris Edit this on Wikidata
Died9 January 1892 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76)
8th arrondissement of Paris Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPainter Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
Young Lady with Tambourine (by 1892)

Charles Louis Müller (also known as Müller de Paris) (Paris 22 December 1815 – 10 January 1892 Paris) was a French painter.

Biography

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He was the pupil of Léon Cogniet, Baron Gros and others in the École des Beaux-Arts. 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 of the Institut de France, succeeding Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin.

Works

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He was a fecund producer of historic pictures and portraits. Among his works are Heliogabalus (1841), Primavera (1846), Haydée[1] (1848), Lady Macbeth, and his masterpiece, Calling Out the Last Victims of the Reign of Terror 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).[2][3][4] 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[5] (1875), Mater Dolorosa (1877), The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew and The Massacre of the Innocents.

He executed frescoes for the Salle d'État and the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre,[6] and for the ceiling of the Salon Denon.[7]

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  • Calling Out the Last Victims of the Terror at Saint Lazare Prison on the 7-9 Thermidor, Year II [25-27 July 1794] (1850), Musée de la Révolution française
    Calling Out the Last Victims of the Terror at Saint Lazare Prison on the 7-9 Thermidor, Year II [25-27 July 1794] (1850), Musée de la Révolution française
  • The Madness of Haydée, scene from The Count of Monte Cristo (1848)
    The Madness of Haydée, scene from The Count of Monte Cristo (1848)
  • Arrival of the Queen of England at the Palace of Saint Cloud (1855)
    Arrival of the Queen of England at the Palace of Saint Cloud (1855)
  • Ceiling of the Salon Denon with frescoes by Müller (1863-1866)
    Ceiling of the Salon Denon with frescoes by Müller (1863-1866)
  • The Tribunal of the National Convention (1868)
    The Tribunal of the National Convention (1868)
  • Charlotte Corday in Prison (1875), vintage postcard of the painting of unknown location[5]
    Charlotte Corday in Prison (1875), vintage postcard of the painting of unknown location[5]
  • The Betrothed (by 1892)
    The Betrothed (by 1892)

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  1. ^ In the Lille Museum.
  2. ^ The last two are in the Luxembourg.
  3. ^ John Jacob Astor IV had a replica of the last in his collection.
  4. ^ "Appel des dernières victimes de la Terreur à la prison Saint Lazare". Réunion du Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais (in French). Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ According to French Wikipedia (visited 22 March 2013), these works were all destroyed by fire, and the Mona Lisa resides in that location now.
  7. ^ According to French Wikipedia (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).

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