Archibald Herman Muller

Archibald Herman Muller, (born in 1878,Verify source in Cochin in the Southern Indian state of Kerala), was an artist of realistic paintings. Muller was born of German parentage, and who lived and worked in India. He joinedwhat the Madras School of Art and received early recognitionFact|date=December 2007. He won the Gold Medal at Madras School of Art.Fact|date=December 2007 After completing his education, he worked with his brother in his photography studio for some time.what

Muller went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1911, then consideredweasel-inline the haven of Art in India. He won the Gold Medal from the Bombay Art Society in the same year.Fact|date=December 2007 He travelled a lotambig through Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and in the Himalayas, enjoyingFact|date=December 2007 the patronage of various royal families of the time.Fact|date=December 2007 His paintings included landscapes, portraits and scenes from the life of the Maharajas (Kings), historical subjects and incidents from the Indian Hindu epics - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. His paintings have been acquired by the Buckingham Palace, London, the South Kensington Museum (now known as the Victoria and Albert Museum).Fact|date=December 2007 Few also exist in the collections of the Museums at Sangli, Maharashtra Bikaner, Rajasthan, the Jodhpur Fort and the Royal Palace at Jaipur.Fact|date=December 2007 His paintings are much sought afterOr|date=December 2007 and have surfaced in various auctions in recent yearsFact|date=December 2007.

Muller died in 1960Verify source at the Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. His death is often mis-reported as 1952.Fact|date=December 2007

References

* [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/6917608 Book: Artist A. H. Muller and His Art]
* [http://goaartgallery.com/muller_a_h.htm Goa Art Gallery]
* [http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521443547 Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850 - 1922] by Partha Mitter, Page 96

External links

* [http://www.greatindianart.com/period1.html Great Indian Art]
* [http://goaartgallery.com/muller_a_h.htm Goa Art Gallery]