Karl Heinrich Anton Muke (1806 - 1891)

Karl Heinrich Anton Muke

Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke was a German historical painter and illustrator. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1826 he followed Wilhelm von Schadow to the Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. Here he developed the almost forgotten technique of frescoes with the support of directors Peter Cornelius and von Schadow.

Carl Heinrich Anton Mücke spent 1834-1835 in Rome with the Nazarene on a one-year work grant. Here he found his thematic focus - painting religious history.

In 1844 Mücke was appointed teacher of anatomy at the academy in Düsseldorf and in 1848 he was appointed professor at the same institution.