Mulot, Wilhelm (gen. Willy)

painter

born: 26.12.1889 in Wiesbaden

died: 31.03.1982 in Wiesbaden

Mulot was the son of a merchant of Huguenot origin. After graduating from high school in Wiesbaden, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1906-14, primarily under the marine painter Prof. Eugène Dücker, whose youngest master student he was. Shortly after leaving the academy, he had his own studio in Düsseldorf. He regularly traveled to Holland and the lower Lower Rhine, often to the town of Rees, to study landscapes. As early as 1911, he won four academy prizes in competitions. From 1917-18 he was a drawing teacher at the municipal reform grammar school in Oranienstraße in Wiesbaden (now the Oranienschule).

In the 1920s, he turned to the New Objectivity movement. In Wiesbaden, he mainly devoted himself to landscape painting, often creating winter landscapes. However, he also emerged as a painter of portraits and still lifes. He was also active as an illustrator and commercial artist, for example designing the logo of the Nassau Association for Natural History. He illustrated well over 60 books, including the fairy tales of the Wiesbadener Volksbücher and a school primer. Mulot took part in many national and international exhibitions. His circle of friends included the artists Alois Erbach, Erika Kohlhöfer-Hammesfahr and Prof. Dr. Wolf Spemann.

Mulot was active as 2nd chairman of the Wiesbaden Artists' Association. He was also a co-founder of the BBK Wiesbaden e.V. and became an honorary member of the International Academy for Art, Science and Literature Tommaso Campanella, Rome. He had been a member of the Nassauischer Kunstverein e.V. (NKV) since 1908 and was a member of the association's board from 1920-33. Various works can be found in the Hessian Ministry of Culture, the NKV, the Wiesbaden Museum and the Landeshaus.