Archibald Herman Müller
Archibald Herman Müller (born March 11, 1878 in Cochin , in what is now the Indian state of Kerala , † September 24, 1960 in Jodhpur ) was an Indian painter of German descent.
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 his photo studio in Chennai . In 1910 he won the Bombay Art Society's top award with a painting . Müller's painting is characterized by a quasi-realistic romantic sentimentality that was based on the tastes of the West and the Indian elite. His motifs were mythological and historical subjects, etc. a. from the Hindu epics . His talent and mastery were widely valued, but probably because of his uncompromising character he never had a permanent job and was therefore always in financial difficulties.
When the First World War broke out, Müller had to choose between internment or joining the voluntary army reserve because of his German descent. He chose the latter.
Although he accepted a job with Ganga Singh , the Maharajah of Bikaner , in 1922 , he suddenly left the service because of differences of opinion and went to Bombay . After he got married at an advanced age, Müller took over a job with the ruler of Jodhpur in order to be able to support the family.
Some of his paintings are now kept in the Ganga Singh Jubilee Museum as well as in the art galleries of Delhi and Old Goa .
literature
- Partha Mitter: Art and nationalism in colonial India 1850–1922 . Cambridge 1994, ISBN 0-521-44354-7 , pp. 96-98
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| SURNAME | Müller, Archibald Herman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mullara, Ārcibālḍa Harmana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Indian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cochin (State) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1960 |
| Place of death | Jodhpur |