Morten Müller was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 landscape painter.

Biography

Morten Müller was born by the Christianiafjord

Oslofjord

The Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north....

 at Holmestrand

Holmestrand

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Holmestrad. The city was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The neighboring rural municipality of Botne was merged into the municipality of Holmestrand on 1 January...

, in Vestfold

Vestfold

is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...

 County, Norway. Morten Müller began his art studies with Adolph Tidemand

Adolph Tidemand

Adolph Tidemand was a noted Norwegian romantic nationalism painter. Among his best known paintings are Haugianerne and Brudeferd i Hardanger with Hans Gude.-Biography:Adolph Tidemand was born in Mandal, Norway as the son of customs inspector and Storting representative...

 and Hans Gude

Hans Gude

Hans Fredrik Gude was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters...

 in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 1847 to 1848. From 1850 he was again a student at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer was a German landscape artist from Jülich, within the Prussian Duchy of Jülich.-Biography:...

 as a teacher.

From 1850-51, Müller painted with the Swedish landscape painter Marcus Larson

Marcus Larson

Simeon Marcus Larson was a Swedish landscape painter from Åtvidaberg, Östergötland. He has been recognized as "one of Sweden's foremost 19th-century painters" and labeled as "the most outstanding of the Swedish Düsseldorf painters." His paintings were known for being dramatic and primarily...

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. From 1866 to 1873, Morten Müller lived in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, where he taught together with Knud Bergslien

Knud Bergslien

Knud Larsen Bergslien was a Norwegian painter, art teacher and master artist. In his art, he frequently portrayed the lives of the Norwegian people, their history and heroes of the past...

, first at the art school operated by Johan Fredrik Eckersberg

Johan Fredrik Eckersberg

Johan Fredrik Eckersberg was a Norwegian painter most noted for his landscapes. Eckersberg was a prominent figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in 18th century Norwegian art, both as an artistic painter and a teacher at his own art school in Oslo.-Background:Johan Fredrik...

. Later he continued working with Knud Bergslien at the Bergslien school of Art. In 1875, Müller returned to Düsseldorf, where he lived the rest of his life.
Among his landscape motifs are fjords and pine forests. He is represented with several works in the National Gallery of Norway

National Gallery of Norway

The National Gallery of Norway is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.-History:...

.

In 1875, Morten Müller was appointed as a painter to the Swedish Royal Court. He was knighted into the Order of Vasa in 1869 and in 1874 became an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts

The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...

 in Stockholm. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Olav during 1882 and became a commander of the 2nd Class of 1895.

Notable works

• Fra omegnen av Christianiafjorden (“View on Christianiafjord
  Oslofjord
  The Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north....
  
  ,” 1855)
• Norsk Landskab med Vandsag (“Pine Forest in Norway,” 1860)
• Ved Hardangerfjordens utløp (“Entrance to Hardangerfjord
  Hardangerfjord
  With a length of , the Hardangerfjord in the county of Hordaland in Norway is the third largest fjord in the world and the second largest in Norway. The surrounding district is called Hardanger....
  
  ,” 1866)
• Ulriksdal (1870)
• Romsdalfjord (1876)
• Norsk fossefall med furuskog (“Norwegian waterfall and pine forest,” 1879)
• Norsk fiskehavn ved Christianiafjorden (“Norwegian fishing port in Christianiafjord,” 1880)
• Norsk urskog (“Norwegian virgin forest,” 1883)
• Norwegische Fernsicht (“Norwegian vista,” 1886)
• “Forest Lake by Moonlight” (1892)

Other sources

• Malmanger, Magne ; Yvenes, Marianne : with English translation by Elinor Ruth Waaler (2002) Morten Müller, (1828-1911) ( Baroniet Rosendal) ISBN 82-7326-065-8