Background
Müller was born of German parentage, and lived and worked in India.
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Archibald Muller
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Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai.
Career
He joined the Madras School of Art and received early recognition. Müller went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1911, then considered the haven of Art in India. He travelled a lot through Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and in the Himalayas, enjoying the patronage of various royal families of the time.
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.
Müller died in 1960 at the Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Many individuals from succeeding generations of his family have proved to be talented artists and writers, with some exhibiting nationally and internationally.
Winnie also in North Wales continues to paint to this day at 84 years of age.
Son, Hermann, inspired by his father"s paintings at an early age, expresses his creative talents as an author, and having studied the bodymind connection founded Psychosomatic Therapy and developed the Psychosomatic Therapy Process which is taught in many countries. Hermann resides on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
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India