Charles Louis Müller

1815-1892

French (Europe, France)

Muller, Charles Louis, was born in Paris in 1815, and studied under Gros, and Coignet. He first exhibited in the Salon of 1834, 'Le Promenade,' and after exhibited a series of religious and historical pictures, many of great size. His masterpiece was the 'Appe des dernieres Victimes de la Terreur' (Salon of 1850, and now in the Louvre) which won great applause. Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, Marie Antoinett in the Conciergerie, and Haidee (Lille Museum), are his best-known works. He was Director of the Gobelius, and officer of the Legion of Honour, and a member of the Institute of France. He Decorated the Salle des Etats in the Louvre. He died in Paris in 1892.