Franz Müller-Gossen  Franz Müller-Gossen (1871 – 16 March 1946) was a German painter from Mönchengladbach, Germany. He studied in Düsseldorf and is known for realistic maritime paintings showing sailing ships and steamships, sailing the high seas or by in bad weather conditions. Although he did not receive any fame while living, maritime art connoisseurs in Europe and in the United States recently grew interested in his works. Four paintings, amongst them "Dampfer in bewegter See" (Steamship in agitated sea) and "Vollschiff unter Segeln" (Clipper downwind), are currently visible since 1990 in the Warleberger Hof city museum (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).