Archibald Herman Muller

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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 joined^[clarify] the Madras School of Art and received early recognition^{[citation needed]}. He won the Gold Medal at Madras School of Art.^{[citation needed]} After completing his education, he worked with his brother in his photography studio for some time.^[clarify]

Muller went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1911, then considered^{[weasel words]} the haven of Art in India. He won the Gold Medal from the Bombay Art Society in the same year.^{[citation needed]} He travelled a lot^[ambiguous] through Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and in the Himalayas, enjoying^{[citation needed]} the patronage of various royal families of the time.^{[citation needed]} 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).^{[citation needed]} Few also exist in the collections of the Museums at Sangli, Maharashtra Bikaner, Rajasthan, the Jodhpur Fort and the Royal Palace at Jaipur.^{[citation needed]} His paintings are much sought after^{[original research?]} and have surfaced in various auctions in recent years^{[citation needed]}.

Muller died in 1960{{Verify source at the Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. His death is often mis-reported as 1952.^{[citation needed]}