Evert van Muyden

Evert Louis van Muyden (18 July 1853, Albano Laziale – 27 February 1922, Orsay) was an engraver, illustrator and painter, born to Swiss parents.

He worked in Rome between 1879 and 1884, concentrating on landscapes, and showing the clear influence of Corot.

He virtually lived at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and the Zoologischer Garten in Basle, creating hundreds of drawings and engravings of plants and animals.

He was sought after as an illustrator of books, providing images for Champfleury's Contes choisis (Paris, 1899) and Emil Frey's Die Kriegstaten der Schweizer (Neuchatel, 1905).

His engravings and book illustrations remained popular, overshadowing his occasional portraits and sculptures.