Academic Drawings

Academic Drawings | Non Portrait Drawings and Watercolours

The nineteen year old Adolfo Müller’s admission card at the Royal Academy in Munich 1881/82.

A visiting card from Adolfo’s pupillage in Stans with Deschwanden. Courtesy of the Staats-Archiv at Altdorf.

Like most artists in the nineteenth century, the young Adolfo Müller increased in skill from the moment he joined Deschwanden’s busy studio in Stans in 1879. After the copying of engravings and practicing both drawing and painting he would eventually have been required to achieve competency in drawing from life. Drawing from the naked figure was perhaps more acceptable in Italy than in Munich, and presumably these drawings were made under Antonio Ciseri at the Florentine Academy. This section of the website includes just these academic drawings surviving of male and female nudes created – with one exception – during his time in Italy 1883-1884, all today at the Stiftung Muller-Ury, Hospental, Switzerland.

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ACADEMIC DRAWINGS

1880 – Academic Drawing: Study of a Seated Bearded Naked Male Facing Right, Left Hand Raised.

1883 – Academic Drawing: Full Length Standing Study of a Naked Woman Seen from Behind, Her Right Arm Raised to Head Height, Her Feet Together.

1883 – Academic Drawing: Full Length Standing Study of a Naked Man seen from behind, his Left Foot slightly higher to the Left, his Head tilted to the Right, No Hands Visible.

1883 – Academic Drawing: Full Length Standing Study of a Naked Man seen from the Front and Side, Left Arm raised to Left Breast, Right Leg bent and Toes on a Block.

1883 – Academic Drawing: Full Length Standing Study of a Naked Man with a Beard seen from the Side, his Right Arm Raised to the Viewer His Left Foot Forward, His Left Hand resting on His Thigh.

1883 – Academic Drawing: Full Length Study of a Standing Naked Man seen from the Side, with Slight Contraposto, Arms Spread Wide and Pointing Downwards with his Right Hand, His Gaze also in that Direction.

1883 – Academic Drawing: Full-length Study of a Seated Naked Female (study for Leda and the Swan)

1883? – Academic Drawing: Ecorche Study of a Standing Naked Woman seen from the side, her Left Arm across her left Breast, Her Left Hand to Her Right Shoulder.

1883? – Academic Drawing: Full Length Standing Study of a Naked Woman, Her Right Hand Resting on her Left Leg, Her Left hand to Her Chin and Covering Her Left Breast.