art painting

Willi Mueller

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Informations about upcoming exhibitions will follow

Literature

Bildersuche

Published in 2016 as part of the exhibition at the Mäder Gallery.

Infos about the book

Video

Podium talk

Watch here the podium talk with Willi Müller, Gerhard Mack (cultural editor NZZ and author of the Josephsohn monography) and Ulrich Meinherz (director Kesselhaus Josephsohn St. Gallen) moderated by Barbara Marbot (curator and gallerist).

October 25, 2020, Gallery da Mihi

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work

grosse einfache dinge, 2022, oil on canvas, 160x200

schreiber in der nacht, 2022, oil on canvas, 25x20

schreiber in der nacht, 2022, oil on canvas, 22x17

gruppenbild, 2021, oil on paper, 138x198

kleines bergbild ,2021, gouache on paper, 10x7

kuerbisfeld, 2021, oil on canvas, 140x120

apokalyptischer reiter, 2020, gouache on paper, 188x254

bilderwand, 2020, oil on canvas, 200x160

grosse einfache dinge, 2020, oil on canvas, 180x240

bilderwand, 2019, oil on canvas, 200x160

gruppenbild, 2019, oil on canvas, 120x155

mann und pferde, 2019, gouache on paper, 170x200

wasserkrug, 2018, gouache on paper, 23x16

grosses apfelbild, 2017, oil on canvas, 120x280

quartierstudie, 2017, gouache on paper, 10x16

schreiber in der nacht, 2017, oil on canvas, 30x25

grosse einfache dinge, 2016, oil on canvas, 180x240

schreiber in der nacht, 2016, oil on canvas, 30x25

schreiber in der nacht, 2016, oil on canvas, 25x20

apokalyptischer reiter, 2015, gouache on paper, 140x200

grosse einfache dinge, 2015, oil on canvas, 180x240

schreiber in der nacht, 2015, oil on canvas, 25x20

schwarze aepfel, 2015, oil on canvas, 119x105

apfelbild, 2014, gouache dispersion on paper, 70x90

die schwarzen aepfel, 2014, gouache on paper, 90x68

die schwarzen aepfel, 2014, gouache on paper, 65x55

grosse einfache dinge, 2014, oil on canvas, 200x270

interieur, 2014, gouache on paper, 30x25

grosse einfache dinge, 2013, oil on canvas, 140x120

grosse einfache dinge, 2013, oil on canvas, 180x240

kuerbisfeld, 2013, oil on canvas, 140x120

apfelbild, 2012, gouache on paper, 72x92

grosse einfache dinge, 2012, oil on canvas, 200x270

grosse einfache dinge, 2012, oil on canvas, 140x120

kleines schirmbild, 2012, oil on canvas, 22x18

schreiber in der nacht, 2012, oil on canvas, 23x20

zwei figuren, 2012, oil on canvas, 22x18

einfache dinge, 2011, oil on canvas, 35x30

geschichte, 2011, oil on canvas, 120x160

grosses schirmbild, 2011, oil on canvas, 119x98

grosse einfache dinge, 2011, oil on canvas, 180x240

grosse geschichte, 2011, oil on canvas, 170x200

kleines schirmbild, 2011, oil on canvas, 27x22

kleines schirmbild, 2011, oil on canvas, 25x20

kleines schirmbild, 2011, oil on canvas, 20x20

kleine geschichte, 2011, oil on canvas, 22x18

schirmbild, 2011, oil on canvas, 118x100

schreiber in der nacht, 2011, oil on canvas, 20x20

kleines schirmbild, 2010, oil on canvas, 22x20

schreiber in der nacht, 2010, oil on canvas, 22x21

schreiber in der nacht, 2010, oil on canvas, 61x45

schreiber in der nacht, 2009, oil on canvas, 20x20

schreiber in der nacht, 2008, oil on canvas, 25x20

stilles leben, 2006, oil on canvas, 71x95

spruetzchanne, 2005, oil on canvas, 53x41

bilderwand, 2004, oil on canvas, 200x270

kleine welt, 2004, oil on canvas, 97x120

einfache dinge, 2003, oil on canvas, 27x32

spruetzchanne, 2003, oil on canvas, 41x53

einfache dinge, 2002, oil on canvas, 27x32

gurkenfeld, 2002, oil on canvas, 119x111

einfache dinge, 2001, oil on canvas, 27x32

landschaeftli, 2001, oil on canvas, 29x32

eifache dinge, 2000, oil on canvas, 41x53

einfache dinge, 2000, oil on canvas, 41x53

pumpkin field, 2000, oil on canvas, 140x240

waeschzueber, 2000, oil on canvas, 83x99

wenn ich sehe, 2000, oil on canvas 140x240

einfache dinge, 1999, oil on canvas, 41x53

spruetzchanne, 1999, oil on canvas, 76x95

einfache dinge, 1998, oil on canvas, 53x41

landschaft, 1997, oil on paper/wood, 131x107

untitled, 1997, oil on paper/wood, 119x131

figurenstudien, 1994, oil on canvas, 81x99

untitled, 1993, charcoal on paper, 29x21

innen aussen sehen, 1991, oil on canvas, 85x73

interieur, 1974, gouache on paper, 70x42

more current paintings

Painting series

Apart

The apart paintings are unspectacular places in the nature between flowers, fruits, weeds...

There, where the human being never quite becomes in control of the situation. Therefore, the painterly mood is also fleeting and undecided. However, a calming for our eye should occur, a kind of relief actually.

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Painting series

District

The district paintings are about places in my local area that emerge from memory, mostly familiar from fleeting visits or drive-bys.

They can be mixed in a painting like in a dream. In the process, I'm looking for a painterly order, a mood image. They are inconspicuous places: Parking lots, streets, built-up areas and nature.

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Painting series

Human

In the paintings of humans, I try to combine physicality in light and shadow with a spiritual presence.

I would also like to see these humans together with some kind of landscape. These representations are and remain raw states. I do not want a photographic determination, not even in the portraits. These are based on quick little drawings of certain people. But I am looking for a pictorial space with it, which captures mental states and remains questioningly fragmentary.

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Painting series

Hotel

The hotel paintings are more about interiors, which are to be condensed into simple symbols of people' ephemeral furniture.

Tables, chairs, windows, items. Simple things, fleeting in the alternation of light glow and shadow.

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