Herman Carl Mueller

Who was Herman Carl Mueller?

Herman Carl Mueller, noted ceramicist, was the founder of the Mueller Mosaic Company of Trenton.

Museums holding his work include the New Jersey State Museum, Newark Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art where his work is on view in gallery 774.

The Westward Journey, one of Muellers earlier works, is a collection of limestone sculptures that form part of the Indiana Statehouse.

Mueller's tile work can also be found at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, Hepburn Hall at New Jersey City University, New Jersey State House, Trenton and Mercer County War Memorial-Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building.

Mueller received the John Scott Award from the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia for "Process of and apparatus for manufacturing mosaics".