Background
Son of Bishop Peter Erasmus Müller, Adam Müller was born in Copenhagen on 16 August 1811.
Son of Bishop Peter Erasmus Müller, Adam Müller was born in Copenhagen on 16 August 1811.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Generally unhealthy and dead at 32, his work is recognized as an important component in Danish art In 1829, he exhibited Aladdin, staaende bag Pillen, ser Gulnare (Aladdin, standing behind the pillar, sees Gulnare) and the following year exhibited a number of portraits, two of which were purchased by Statens Museum for Kunst. His favourite subjects were historical and religious themes.
In 1839, he travelled to Italy with a short period in Munich thanks to the grants he received from the authorities.
His studies of Florentine painting encouraged him to adopt a new approach to religious painting, emulating the old Italian style. This earned him the Thorvaldsen Medal for "Christus velsigner de 4 Evangelister" in 1843 after he had returned to Denmark.
Thereafter his health deteriorated and he died on 15 March 1844.