Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Müller, Friedrich

MÜLLER, FRIEDRICH, called, a German painter and dramatist; born in Kreuznach, Prussia, Jan. 13, 1749. His first interest was in art and in 1778 he went to Rome to study painting, but his pictures were unsuccessful. He wrote: &ldquo;Bacchido and Milo&rdquo; (1775); &ldquo;The Satyr Mopsus&rdquo; (1775); &ldquo;Adam's First Awaking and First Happy Nights&rdquo; (1778); the dramas &ldquo;Genoveva&rdquo; (1808); &ldquo;Life of Faust&rdquo; (latest ed. 1881); the opera &ldquo;Niobe&rdquo; (1778); etc. (&ldquo;Works,&rdquo; new ed., Heidelberg, 1825.) He died in Rome, April 23, 1825.