Ernst Müller. In the colours of memory

Ernst  Müller, born and raised in Vinschgau, draws his artistic inspiration  from deep-rooted childhood memories. The self-taught artist and trained  coachbuilder began painting at the age of thirteen and over the decades  has developed into an important chronicler of the South Tyrolean  cultural landscape.
Influenced by the precise observation of classical masters such as Albin  Egger Lienz, Toulouse-Lautrec and Claude Monet, Müller initially  created scenes of everyday rural life, later devoting himself mainly to  picturesque farmsteads and landscapes, which are now considered his  trademark. The nostalgia that has accompanied the artist since childhood  is omnipresent in his oil paintings. The artist captures the magic of  the South Tyrolean mountains with vibrant colours and impasto structures  that transport the viewer to a world of the past. Many of the farms he  portrays no longer exist, which gives his paintings not only artistic  but also documentary value.