AINMULLER, MAX. EMAN., to whom we owe the restoration of the art of painting on glass, was born at Munich, 1807. He began the study of architecture, but afterwards entered the royal porcelain manufactory as decorator ; • and it was here that he first suc ceeded in overcoming the technical difficulties in the execution of glass-painting. A separate institution was now established for the art; and A., as inspector, succeeded in raising it to a high degree of perfection. He is said to have first conceived the happy thought of laying colored glass on colored, instead of the process hitherto followed,. of laying colored glass on white ; thus giving, the command of above 100 variously colored glasses, in all gradations of tint. He was also the first, in conjunction with Wehrstorfer, to execute pictures on glass, and thus revive the art of miniature glass painting. or was it only technical improvements and inventions that he contributed to the new art ; his artistic culture qualified him powerfully to aid the regeneration of taste that has accompanied it. The first work of the new institution was the restoration
of the windows of the cathedral of Ratisbon (1826-33), to which A. contributed the ornamentation, and painted several of the figures. He made a like contribution to the splendid windows of the church of Maria-Hilf (1833-38), in Munich. In the contribu tion of king Ludwig of Bavaria to the cathedral of Cologne, and the numerous other windows executed at Munich for all parts of the world—England among the rest—A. displayed the highest artistic faculty in giving to the figures a rich setting of architec tural ornamentation, in such a way as to harmonize with the style of the building.—A. also acquired a great reputation as an architectural painter in oil. Among his pieces arc St. ,Dark's church, in Venice ; the interior of St. Stephen's church, Vienna ; the interior of Windsor chapel, of Westminster abbey, and the poets' corner. He d. Dec., 1870.