Eduard Müller (sculptor)
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Eduard Müller was a German sculptor.
, and he practiced his trade subsequently in Munich
and Paris
, and thence went to Antwerp, where, on the advice of the sculptor Joseph Geefs, he proceeded to study at the Academy in 1850. Two years afterwards he continued his studies in Brussels
, and in 1857 settled permanently in Rome.
His masterpiece is the group in heroic size, “Prometheus Bound and the Oceanids” (1874-79), National Gallery, Berlin, chiseled out of a single block of marble.
Biography
His first occupation was that of a cook in the ducal kitchen at CoburgCoburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...
, and he practiced his trade subsequently in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
and Paris
Paris
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, and thence went to Antwerp, where, on the advice of the sculptor Joseph Geefs, he proceeded to study at the Academy in 1850. Two years afterwards he continued his studies in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, and in 1857 settled permanently in Rome.
Works
Masterly composition, great truthfulness to life, and a high degree of technical perfection are the chief characteristics of his ideal figures and mythological groups, the best known of which include:- “Nymph Kissing Cupid” (Nymphe, den Amor küssend, 1862, belonging to the Queen of England)
- “Faith, Love, and Hope” (Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung, 1869, for the Schröder Mausoleum, Hamburg)
- “Satyr with the Mask” (Satyr mit der Maske, 1870)
- “Waking Maiden” (Erwachendes Mädchen, 1872)
- “The Faun's Secret” (Das Geheimnis des Fauns, 1874)
- “Bacchantin, die Amor die Flügel zu beschneiden droht” (Bacchante threatening to cut the wings of Cupid, 1874)
- “The Neapolitan Fisherman and his Son” (Der neapolitanische Fischer und sein Knabe, 1875)
- Römerin mit dem Moccolilicht
- “The Terrified Nymph” (Die erschreckte Nymphe, pendant to Satyr mit der Maske)
- “Eve with Her Children” (Eva mit ihren Kindern, 1880).
His masterpiece is the group in heroic size, “Prometheus Bound and the Oceanids” (1874-79), National Gallery, Berlin, chiseled out of a single block of marble.