Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 114 works by Otto Mueller in our catalogue
Summary
Self-Portrait (1921) is recorded as the most famous painting of Otto Mueller; it is held by the Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis. Lovers and Large bathers occupy the second and third entries. Of the 114 works by Otto Mueller recorded in the catalogue, the 100 best known are listed below, each entry with its date, the holding museum and a note on the work.
A man stares from the shadows, his eyes fixed on a point just beyond the viewer. The face is a landscape of bone and light, carved by a heavy, directional glow that leaves half the features in a deep, murky darkness. This is not a casual glance but a piercing, psychological confrontation. The skin appears textured, built up through thick, visible brushstrokes that suggest the physical struggle of the artist…
Two Sisters (Russian Pair of Girls)1918
12
Three Nudes Before a Mirror1922
13
Liebespaar1920
14
Olympia1924
15
Three Huts, One with Red Roof (Gypsy Huts)1928
16
Two Girls in the Forest1923 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
17
Two Nudes on the Grass1924
18
Seated Gypsy Girl1926
19
Am Ufer Sitzendes Mädchen1926
20
Stehende Zigeunerkinder1927 · Germanisches Nationalmuseum
21
Badende1914 · Museum Folkwang
22
Three girls in profile
23
A tree
24
Two sitting in dunes girlThyssen-Bornemisza-museet
25
Family of Gypsies1915 · Museum Folkwang
26
Three Nudes1910 · Kunstpalast
27
Nudes Under Three Trees1900
28
Stehender Maedchenakt mit Dolch (Lukretia)1903
29
Neger und Taenzerin1903
30
Taenzerin mit Schleier1903
31
Three Bathers at the Forest Pond1911
32
Portrait of Maschka MuellerWallraf-Richartz-Museum
33
Boy in front of two standing nudes and a seated nudes1910
34
Badende1911
35
Adam and EveStädel Museum
36
Between trees standing girl
37
Couple with green fan
38
Two Female Nudes1912
39
Forest Landscape1915
40
Bathers1916 · National Gallery of Art
41
Liegendes Mädchen1914
42
Badeszene Mit Vier Figuren, Haus Und Boot (nach Rechts)1914
43
Mädchen Am See1916
44
Drei Badende Im Wasser1913
45
Paar Mit Grünem Fächer1913
46
Landschaft Mit Badenden1915 · Kirchner Museum Davos
47
Five Bathers in Lake Landscape1918
48
Forest Pond with Bathers1921
49
Forest Stream with Bathers1919
50
Girls in the Green1920
51
Landscape with Yellow Nudes1919 · MoMA - Museum of Modern Art
52
Doppelbildnis1922
53
Polnische Familie1919
54
Badende Am Waldsee1919
55
Mädchen Und Knabe Am Waldteich1922
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Marischka Mit Maske1919 · Museum Folkwang
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Waldstück Mit Stein Und Gebüsch1919
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Liebespaar1919 · Museum der bildenden Künste
59
The Tent1927
60
Two Girls by the Lake (Seated and Standing Nude in Forest Landscape)1926
61
Self-Portrait with the Rooster1927
62
Gypsy Woman with Child1926
63
Park Gate1927
64
Two Girls1927
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Bathers in the Reed Trench1924
66
Two Girls in the Grass1926 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
67
Zwei Zigeunerinnen1923
68
Akt Im Wald1923
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Abendlandschaft1925 · Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie
70
Zigeunerwagen1927
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Sitzender Akt in Landschaft1927
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Zigeunermadonna1926
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Waldstück Mit Blumen Und Teich1925
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Stehende Zigeunerin Mit Kind1926
75
Große Kniende1926
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Waldlandschaft Mit Akt1924 · Aargauer Kunsthaus
77
Zwischen Bäumen Stehendes Mädchen1925
78
Stehender Weiblicher Akt Zwischen Bäumen1927
79
Stehende Zigeunerin mit Kind1927
80
Seated Nude in the Countryside1925
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Two Nude Girls in a Sand Dune, One Sitting, One Lying1924 · Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
82
Gypsy Child with Donkey1929
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Zigeunerkind Im Dorf1929
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Zigeunerin Im Garten1929
85
Stehender Mädchenakt Im Grünen1929
86
Zwei Akte Im Freien1927 · Albertina
87
Three Nudes in the Forest
88
Nude in Evening Landscape
89
Negerpaar
90
Selbstbildnis mit Pentagramm
91
A Group of Artists
92
Bildnis des Malers Otto Mueller
93
Three Girls in a WoodSaint Louis Art Museum
94
Three nudes in landscape
95
Landscape with Bathers
96
Three acts
97
Naked woman sitting on branch
98
Landscape with forked tree
99
Standing couple
100
Cowering in the Forest Act
The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Otto Mueller | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Museum Folkwang |
Essen | 4 | Two Nudes in the Thicket, Badende, Family of Gypsies |
 Saint Louis Art Museum |
Saint Louis | 2 | Self-Portrait, Three Girls in a Wood |
 Germanisches Nationalmuseum |
Nürnberg | 2 | Stehende Zigeunerkinder |
 Albertina |
Wien | 2 | Zwei Akte Im Freien |
 Westfälisches Landesmuseum |
Münster | 1 | Bathers |
 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe |
Karlsruhe | 1 | Two Girls in the Forest |
 Thyssen-Bornemisza-museet |
Madrid | 1 | Two sitting in dunes girl |
 Kunstpalast |
Düsseldorf | 1 | Three Nudes |
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A man stares from the shadows, his eyes fixed on a point just beyond the viewer. The face is a landscape of bone and light, carved by a heavy, directional glow that leaves half the features in a deep, murky darkness. This is not a casual glance but a piercing, psychological confrontation. The skin appears textured, built up through thick, visible brushstrokes that suggest the physical struggle of the artist…
Self-Portrait (1921), Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis. The following entries are Lovers and Large bathers.
47 years: Otto Mueller was born in 1874 and Self-Portrait is dated 1921.
Self-Portrait, Lovers, Large bathers, Bathers in Brown, Four Bathers, The Judgment of Paris, Bathers, Two bathing girls, Two Nudes in the Thicket and Nudes in Dunes. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.
The catalogue records 114 works by Otto Mueller, dated between 1900 and 1929.
Principally in Museum Folkwang (Essen), Saint Louis Art Museum (Saint Louis) and Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nürnberg). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
In 1920s: 43 of the 100 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Self-Portrait.
The earliest dated work listed here is Nudes Under Three Trees (1900); the latest is Gypsy Child with Donkey (1929).
Landscape (7), Female form (6) and Nude figure (5), out of the 100 works listed on this page.
Tempera, in 3 of the 100 works listed on this page.
Expressionism, as documented by the works on this page.
Two Nudes in the Thicket, Badende and Family of Gypsies are among the 4 works on this page in the collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen.
Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.
