11/03/2021
March 11th, 143rd Birth Anniversary of Great realistic master artist of India Mr. Archibald Herman Müller (A. H. Muller)
Archibald Herman Muller was born 11 March 1878, in Cochin in the Southern Indian state of Kerala), was an artist of realistic paintings and one of India's early 20th Century great talents.
Müller 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.
Müller 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.
In 1952 Muller moved to Jodhpur and painted the paintings for the royal family.
In Jodhpur, Mr. Mohan lal Sharma (Artist) got the opportunity to continue his further study of art with Mr. Muller foropportunity to continue his further study of art with Mr. Muller for 8 years. Mr. Sharma resides in US and in India, Sharma received several awards in USA and in India including National award from Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi. Müller died in 1960 at the Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.