His father was a Prussian scholar who curated the Bristol Museum.
He studied botany and natural history but later gravitated toward art. His early paintings focused on the scenery around Gloucestershire and Wales.
By 1834 he toured France, Switzerland, and Italy. A few years later he toured Athens and Egypt, sketching the people and landscapes along the way. Sadly, sickness took his life in his early 30s.
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Wikipedia on William James Müller
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Why does it seem like there are so many 30-year-olds from the past that have greater artistic ability than people alive today with a lifetime of experience?
Jim: Or 23-year-olds, such as Fyodor Vasilyev. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Vasilyev
I love the rain in that second painting.
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