Background
After the sudden death of his father in 1833, Mali moved to Württemberg with his mother and worked as a xylographer until 1858.
After the sudden death of his father in 1833, Mali moved to Württemberg with his mother and worked as a xylographer until 1858.
Mali was the youngest of ten siblings, all of whom displayed artistic talent. As the result of a trip to Verona, he became interested in architectural painting, and produced several renderings of the buildings there. On 14 April 1905, he became an honorary citizen of Biberach an der Riß.
Upon his death the following year, he was buried there next to Braith in the Catholic Cemetery.
He bequeathed much of his art, his studio and 60,000 Marks to the city of Biberach. The studio (and Braith"s) form the core of the Braith-Mali Museum and are among the few fully preserved examples of 19th-century art studios.