Gustave Moeller
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| Gustave Moeller |
| 1881-1931 |
| American Artist |
| Gustave Moeller was born in Wisconsin and moved to Milwaukee as a child. Except for his schooling, rarely left the Midwest. He was one of the first students to enroll in the Milwaukee Art Students League, which brought him under the influence of Richard Lorenz and Louis B. Mayer. His later studies took him to New York and Munich. Upon his return to Milwaukee in 1923, he taught at and became director of the Milwaukee State Teachers College until his death in 1931. He taught Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner, among others. Moeller is best known for utilizing native Wisconsin subjects, thus resisting European influences. His paintings characteristically were finely structured compositions with flat areas of color. Moeller's often-emulated palette contained lush yellow-green for the landscape, brick red for his buildings and violet-grey for shadowing. |
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Paintings by Gustave Moeller
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