Archibald Herman Muller
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Archibald Herman Muller (born on March 11, 1878, in Cochin in the Southern Indian state of Kerala
), was an artist of realistic paintings.
Muller was born of German parentage, and lived and worked in India. He joined the Madras School of Art and received early recognition. He won the Gold Medal at Madras School of Art. After completing his education, he worked with his brother in his photography studio for some time.
Muller went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1911, then considered the haven of Art in India. He won the Gold Medal from the Bombay Art Society in the same year. He travelled a lot through Maharashtra
, Rajasthan
, Gujarat and in the Himalayas, enjoying the patronage of various royal families of the time. 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). Few also exist in the collections of the Museums at Sangli, Maharashtra Bikaner, Rajasthan, the Jodhpur Fort and the Royal Palace at Jaipur. His paintings are much sought after and have surfaced in various auctions in recent years.
Muller died in 1960 at the Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. His children moved from India in the 1950s, two moved to the UK and one to Australia. Many individuals from succeeding generations of his family have proved to be talented artists and writers, with some exhibiting nationally and internationally. One of his Daughters, Gwen Raven lives in prestatyn, north wales, and is now ninety years of age, she still paints and has auctioned many of her paintings off for charity.
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
), was an artist of realistic paintings.
Muller was born of German parentage, and lived and worked in India. He joined the Madras School of Art and received early recognition. He won the Gold Medal at Madras School of Art. After completing his education, he worked with his brother in his photography studio for some time.
Muller went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1911, then considered the haven of Art in India. He won the Gold Medal from the Bombay Art Society in the same year. He travelled a lot through Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, Gujarat and in the Himalayas, enjoying the patronage of various royal families of the time. 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). Few also exist in the collections of the Museums at Sangli, Maharashtra Bikaner, Rajasthan, the Jodhpur Fort and the Royal Palace at Jaipur. His paintings are much sought after and have surfaced in various auctions in recent years.
Muller died in 1960 at the Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. His children moved from India in the 1950s, two moved to the UK and one to Australia. Many individuals from succeeding generations of his family have proved to be talented artists and writers, with some exhibiting nationally and internationally. One of his Daughters, Gwen Raven lives in prestatyn, north wales, and is now ninety years of age, she still paints and has auctioned many of her paintings off for charity.