Edgar Müller was born on July 10, 1968 in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He grew up in the rural town of Straelen in the far west of Germany. His fascination with painting began with sketches of his surroundings and paintings of the Straelen landscape.
Edgar attended high school in the neighboring town Geldern where the ‘International Street Painters Festival’ has been held every year since 1979. Inspired by the ephemeral art he encountered on the way to school, he decided to take part in this street painters competition at the age of sixteen.
Three years later he won the competition in Geldern with a copy of Albrecht Dürer’s well-known self-portrait. In the following years Edgar Müller attended many international street painting festivals. Since 1998 he has held the title of “Maestro Madonnari”, which means “Master of the Madonna Painters”. This title is awarded at the oldest street painters festival “Incontro di Grazie” in the small Italian pilgrim village “Grazie di Curtatone”.
In his mid-twenties, Edgar decided to devote himself entirely to street painting and quit his studies as a communication designer. He traveled all over Europe and lived from his ephemeral art. He held workshops on street painting in schools and was a co-organizer of various street painting festivals. Edgar opened the first internet forum for street painters, intended to exchange information and establish contact with international colleagues.
For many years Edgar Müller presented the works of old masters to his audience with almost perfect copies. He invited to share and ultimately understand his enthusiasm for the great masters’ point of view and representational ability.
Although Edgar attended a few courses with well-known painting artists and followed intensive studies as a communication designer, he is fundamentally self-taught. Edgar is a pioneer of 3D street painting, revitalizing the new art form with his own ideas and distinctive style.
Due to his experience with copying the works of old masters and modern communication, Edgar uses a reduced, graphic imagery.
His works are rarely depictions of detailed elaborated scenes. Edgar paints public places of urban life and gives them a new appearance. He questions and challenges the perception of passersby. They become part of the image, the illusion, as they go about their daily lives in the pedestrian zone.
