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1922 Hamburg, Germany - 1958 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Known for: Expressionist figure and landscape painting.
Jan Muller was born in Germany in 1922. When he was ten years old, the Nazis arrested his father for campaigning against Hitler, and though friends managed to secure his release through bribery, the... Read full biography
Jan Muller was born in Germany in 1922. When he was ten years old, the Nazis arrested his father for campaigning against Hitler, and though friends managed to secure his release through bribery, the elder Muller realized that he and his family had to flee. The Mullers went to Prague, only to find... Read full biography
Jan Muller was born in Germany in 1922. When he was ten years old, the Nazis arrested his father for campaigning against Hitler, and though friends managed to secure his release through bribery, the elder Muller realized that he and his family had to flee. The Mullers went to Prague, only to find the city overburdened with refugees already. Life became one long search for a home, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Paris. When World War II broke out, the French interned the boy as a German; when the French... Read full biography
Jan Muller was born in Germany in 1922. When he was ten years old, the Nazis arrested his father for campaigning against Hitler, and though friends managed to secure his release through bribery, the elder Muller realized that he and his family had to flee. The Mullers went to Prague, only to find the city overburdened with refugees already. Life became one long search for a home, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Paris. When World War II broke out, the French interned the boy as a German; when the French surrendered, he fled the Nazis again. In time he got to Spain, to Lisbon and finally to the United States. He worked as a dishwasher, a factory worker, a day-camp instructor, and in 1945 he decided to devote himself to painting. He studied at the... Read full biography
Jan Muller was born in Germany in 1922. When he was ten years old, the Nazis arrested his father for campaigning against Hitler, and though friends managed to secure his release through bribery, the elder Muller realized that he and his family had to flee. The Mullers went to Prague, only to find the city overburdened with refugees already. Life became one long search for a home, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Paris. When World War II broke out, the French interned the boy as a German; when the French surrendered, he fled the Nazis again. In time he got to Spain, to Lisbon and finally to the United States. He worked as a dishwasher, a factory worker, a day-camp instructor, and in 1945 he decided to devote himself to painting. He studied at the Art Students League, six months later he switched to the school run by Hans Hofmann. He worked in many styles, from strict abstract,... Read full biography
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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
- •Hans Hofmann
- •Vaclav Vytlacil
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Hans Hofmann School of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Provincetown Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art