Otto Friedrich Theodor von Möller

Otto Friedrich Theodor von Möller (; 30 May 1812 – 2 August 1874) was a Russian Academic painter of Baltic-German descent.

Biography Born in Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, he was the son of , also known as Anton Vasilievich Moller, a naval officer who later became Secretary of the Navy (1828–1836). At the age of five, he was enrolled at the cadet school, where he remained until he was 14, then served in the Semyonovsky Regiment. After being wounded in the Polish November Uprising, he took up drawing during his convalescence and decided to attend classes at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.

Once there, he became a favorite student of Karl Briullov. That same year, he married Dorothea von Güldenstubbe, who was only sixteen.

Back in Saint Petersburg, he devoted himself to teaching and managing a pension fund for artists at the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. His works include a series of paintings of Alexander Nevsky for the Grand Kremlin Palace and murals for Saint Isaac's Cathedral.

He was suddenly taken ill while working on the Crucifixion in the village of Võnnu (Wendau). He died of pneumonia at the family estate on the island of Saaremaa.

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