Galerie Paul Prouté

Born in Elbeuf in 1873, Valéry Müller first trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, where he studied under Philippe Zacharie and Edmond Lebel, before continuing his studies in Paris in Luc-Olivier Merson’s studio. He held his first major exhibition in 1904 at Legrip, a renowned art supply dealer in Rouen, and soon joined the Société nationale des beaux-arts. Influenced by the masters of the Rouen School, notably Joseph Delattre and Robert Antoine Pinchon, Müller developed a diverse body of work ranging from landscapes to urban scenes, and from oil painting to watercolor and pastel. Alongside his career as a painter, he also worked as a caricaturist and illustrator for the press, sometimes using his artistic style to convey politically engaged or satirical ideas. Müller’s work is characterized by a keen sensitivity to the light and atmospheres unique to Normandy’s landscapes, often rendered with an Impressionist touch.