Archibald Herman Muller

Archibald Herman Muller ( born March 11, 1878 in Cochin, in today's Indian state of Kerala, † September 24, 1960 in Jodhpur ) was an Indian painter of German origin.

Archibald Müller was the son of a German Protestant missionary and an Indian Catholic. He went to the Madras School of Art and then worked briefly as an assistant to his brother in the photo studio in Chennai. In 1910 he won with a painting of the Bombay Art Society 's top award. Müller's painting is characterized by quasi- realistic romantic sentimentality that was based on the taste of the West and the Indian elite. His motives were mythological and historical subjects, among others from the Hindu epics. His talent and his skill were widely appreciated, but probably because of his uncompromising character he never had a steady job and was therefore always in financial straits.

When World War II broke out, Miller had to choose because of his German ancestry between the internment or joining the volunteer Army Reserve. He chose the latter.

Although he took a job in 1922 when Maharaja of Bikaner, but he suddenly left the service because of disagreements and went to Bombay. After marrying at an advanced age, Müller began working at the rulers of Jodhpur, to feed the family.

Some of his paintings are now in the Ganga Singh Jubilee Museum as well as in the art galleries of Delhi and Old Goa.