24 Works, December 9th. is Leopold Müller's day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #246

Leopold Carl Müller

Rest In The Desert In Giza, c. 1874

Oil on canvas

111.76 cm × 210.82 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller (9 December 1834 – 4 August 1892) was an Austrian genre painter noted for his Orientalist works.

Carl Leopold Müller

An Afternoon's Delight

Oil on canvas

Private collection

Carl Leopold Muller (German, 1834–1892)

Church interior with figures , c. 1869

Oil on canvas laid on canvas

90 x 63 cm. (35.4 x 24.8 in.)

Private collection

Carl Leopold Muller (German, 1834–1892)

Young gypsy woman at the well

Oil on canvas

100 x 75 cm. (39.4 x 29.5 in.)

Private collection

Leopold Carl Muller (1834-1892) Austrian

Study of a Naked Recumbent Female Draped in a Diaphanous Cloth

Oil on Canvas,

12" x 15".

Private collection

Born in Dresden to Austrian, he was a pupil of Karl von Blaas and of Christian Ruben at the Academy in Vienna. Obliged to support his family after his father's death, he worked eight years as an illustrator for the Vienna Figaro. Continuing his studies subsequently, he visited repeatedly Italy and Egypt, and made his name favorably known through a series of scenes from popular life in Italy and Hungary.

L. C. Muller. 1879

Halt in the desert

Oil on canvas

62.5 by 100cm., 24½ by 39¼in.

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

The Lookout

Oil on canvas

88 x 56 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

THE CAMEL MARKET, CAIRO

Oil on canvas

45 by 70cm., 17¾ by 27½in

Private collection

In the late 1860s, he visited Paris, where he was inspired by the work of Eugene Fromentin and subsequently turned his attention to the Orientalist genre. In 1877 Müller took a position as professor at the Vienna Academy and later as a rector during 1890–91. Among his pupils were several orientalists such as Ludwig Deutsch, Paul Joanowitch, Jean Discart and Charles Wilda.

After Carl Leopold Müller (German, 1834–1892)

Market in Cairo, c. 1875-1878

Oil on canvas

138 x 218 cm. (54.3 x 85.8 in.)

Private collection

Carl Leopold Müller (German, 1834–1892)

A market in Cairo , ca. 1878

Oil on board

97.1 x 65.4 cm. (38.2 x 25.7 in.)

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

A Street Scene, Cairo, c. 1880

Oil on panel

Private collection

In October 1880, Müller embarked on his sixth trip to Egypt and the visit that prompted A Street Scene, Cairo, (See above) later completed in his studio in Vienna. The two central male figures appear to be in discussion, perhaps considering a transaction of some sort. The figure on the right wears a kufiya, a square of fabric held in place by circlet made of camel hair, which distinguishes him as an Arab or Bedouin. The bright red color may refer to Jordan's kufiya which was traditionally red and white checked. The bearded figure on the left dons a turban, most commonly found in North Africa. To the left, two children crouch next to a woman wearing a yashmak. She is selling vegetables from a woven basket, as well as sugar cane, an inexpensive treat for poorer children. An orange seller is seen in the left background. Above the crowd Müller depicts the coarse time-worn façades of the surrounding buildings, a small glimpse of cobalt blue sky along the top edge providing a visual break in the monochromatic structures. More on this painting

Leopold Carl Müller, (Dresden 1834 - 1892 Wien)

Orange seller

Oil on wood panel

31.5 × 12.5 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller  (1834–1892)

Market in lower Egypt

Oil on canvas

Height: 100 cm (39.3 in); Width: 145.5 cm (57.2 in)

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

Blind Beggar, c. 1878

Oil on canvas

80 x 60 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

Blind Beggar, c. 1879

Oil on canvas

27 5/8 x 47 3/8 in. (70.1 x 120.3 cm.)

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller, (Dresden 1834 - 1892 Wien)

Bazaar scene

Oil on canvas

22 × 30 cm

Private collection

His sisters were the painters Marie Müller and Berta Müller, both well known in Austria for their portrait paintings. The third sister, Josefine, married the Austrian portrait painter Eduard Swoboda, he was the father of the painter Rudolf Swoboda and the portrait painter Josefine Swoboda.

Circle Leopold Carl Müller

Troubled tourists in an oriental city

Oil on canvas

37,5 × 59,5 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller (1834–1892)

Tric-Trac Players, c. 1886

Oil on canvas

H 73 x W 122 cm

Touchstones Rochdale

He travelled to Egypt many times throughout his life, often staying there for six months at a time. In 1879, on his fifth visit, he travelled with his nephew and student, Rudolf Swoboda.

A letter from the artist from 1875 mentions he had spent almost six months in Egypt two years earlier, which suggests Müller arrived in Egypt in December 1873. This initial impression set the course of his artistic career and his reaction was immediate – instead of visiting Syria following this trip, as planned, he hurried straight back to Vienna so that he would not lose the invaluable impressions made by this beautiful land.

Leopold Carl Müller, (Dresden 1834 - 1892 Wien)

Portrait of a Bedouin girl

Oil on panel

26 × 16.5 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

Girl in white

Oil on canvas

48 by 40cm., 19 by 15¾in.

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

Portrait of a young oriental woman, c. 1880

Oil on canvas

37 x 30 cm

Private collection

Leopold Carl Müller

The Almeh, c. 1885

Oil on canvas

34 ½ x 21 ¾ in. (87.6 x 55.2 cm.)

Private collection

Almeh was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Egypt, women educated to sing and recite classical poetry and to discourse wittily, connected to the qayna slave singers. They were educated girls of good social standing, trained in dancing, singing and poetry, present at festivals and entertainments, and hired as mourners at funerals. More on The Almeh

Leopold Carl Müller

The Almeh Admirers, c. 1882

Oil on canvas

30 x 50 in. (76.3 x 127 cm)

Mathaf Gallery, London.

By 1882, Jean-Léon Gérôme had executed a series of pictures depicting the ghawazee, or Egyptian female dancers, made famous in Europe by Gerard de Nerval, Gustav Flaubert, and a score of other writers. The best known of Gérôme's works was Le Danse de l'almée, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1864 and engraved, more than once, by Goupil.

The clapping figure on the left echoes the sounds of the drummer nearby, who rhythmically strikes an earthen darabukkeh; this beat is accompanied by a kemengeh, distinguished by its coconut base, played by a man on the right.  Through it all - to it all - the dancer moves and sways. 

The ghaziya's gestures suggest that she engages in raqs al-baladi, the traditional Egyptian woman's solo dance.  Her arms, soft and rounded, wrists bent, palms and fingers relaxed, are indicative of this belly-dancing style, as is her low center of gravity. Her bared midriff, on the other hand, was not typical of the public performances of these dancers. More on this painting

Leopold Carl Müller
Egyptian girl with a butterfly, c. 1885

Oil on canvas

30 x 50 in. (76.3 x 127 cm)

Mathaf Gallery, London.

He died, aged 57, in Weidlingau, now part of Vienna and is buried at "The Zentralfriedhof" in Vienna. More on Leopold Müller

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