Background
Andreas was the son of Daniel Møller, the drawing teacher of King Frederick IV.
Andreas was the son of Daniel Møller, the drawing teacher of King Frederick IV.
Born in Copenhagen, Andreas Møller was the first Danish painter of international standing. He was considered a "half-English" and later, to distinguish him from his father, was nicknamed the "English Møller". He was employed as painter to the Hessian court of the Landgrave Charles I in 1715 until 1721.
The newly crowned king of Denmark, Christian VI, met him in 1732 in Dresden and later appointed him as court painter.
He was Christian VI"s court painter from 1736 to 1741. Foreign the imperial family in Vienna, he made several portraits and miniatures.
Described as a versatile and elegant man, as well as a fine patriot, Møller spent his remaining years in Berlin, where he probably died in 1762.