22 Facts About Dan Muller

Daniel Cody Muller, generally known as Dan Muller was a cowboy, an artist, illustrator, and writer of the American West.

Dan Muller wrote and illustrated books, like Chico of the Cross Up Ranch and Horses.

Dan Muller created three large murals for the Chicago World's Fair which were awarded a gold medal and a $1,200 cash prize.

Dan Muller married Edna Groeschel while both of them were on horseback in Nevada.

The couple moved in 1939 to Port Washington, Wisconsin, where Dan Muller continued to work as a creator and lived the rest of his life.

Dan Muller wrote the book My Life with Buffalo Bill, which sounds autobiographical, but there has been no verification that Dan Muller had the kind of relationship with Cody that he asserts.

Dan Muller was born on October 11,1889 near Choteau, Montana.

Dan Muller grew up on Cross-Up Ranch near the headwaters of the Teton River.

Dan Muller claimed that his father was one quarter Piegan Blackfeet.

Dan Muller describes the education that he received as a child,.

Dan Muller headed west to Yellowstone National Park in 1920, where he sold his paintings to tourists.

Dan Muller worked in New York City as an illustrator and then worked as a ranch hand.

Dan Muller developed a talent for art as a boy and created and sold his paintings and illustrations, but it was awhile before the career was self-sustaining.

Dan Muller made oil and watercolor paintings and works using pastels.

Dan Muller painted with great detail, aided by his photographic memory.

Dan Muller skillfully depicted the anatomy of horses and other elements in his paintings, while intending to be historically accurate.

Dan Muller created pen and ink drawings for Break 'Em Gentle, a true story, that was published in the first issue of Esquire magazine in 1933.

Dan Muller received a commission to create murals for Chicago's World Fair in 1933.

Dan Muller won a gold medal and a cash prize of $1,200 for three murals that he made depicting western life in the Travel and Transportation building.

Dan Muller exhibited a painting at the 1936 Annual National Exhibit of American Art.

Dan Muller's studio was made from a summer kitchen on his father-in-law, Emil Groeschel's former farm in Knellsville, Wisconsin.

Dan Muller's works are in museums and private collections throughout the Americas and Europe.