Gopal Prasad Sharma

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Gopal Prasad Sharma
National award winner artist gopal prasad sharma pic.jpg
Born (1964-06-16) 16 June 1964 (age 57)
Bijolia, Rajasthan, India
Known forpainter

Gopal Prasad Sharma[1] is an internationally recognized Indian artist associated with the traditional miniature art of Rajasthan.

He received a National Award for Master Craftsman in 2007.

His miniature paintings[2] relate to Indian gods and the Mughal period, with intricate and delicate brushwork.

He creates his colours from minerals, vegetables, precious stones, indigo, conch shells, and pure gold and silver.

In 2003, the Nehru Centre, London recognized his artwork when he made a world-record smallest painting on a mustard seed.

He began teaching in 1989. He has taught approximately 20,000 students internationally, via school workshops and private lessons.

Biography[]

Gopal Prasad Sharma[3][4] was born in Bijolia, Rajasthan on 16 June 1968. His Hindu family were artists to the royal family of Bijolia. Gopal began as a wall painter in his village and also made wooden furniture. He often traveled to different villages to paint walls. He painted on paper as a hobby and later adopted miniature painting as his profession.

Gopal began working as a professional artist in 1980. He made his name in the miniature art genre by working on handmade paper with natural colours. He created detailed paintings based on the culture and tradition of Rajasthan and the mughal theme, the oldest theme in Indian miniature.

He won the National Award[5][6][7][8]national award is given by president of India which is the highest civilian award of India under the process of selecting the paintings by the jury assigned by the Handicrafts Department of India, DCH development commissioner handicrafts comes under ministry of textiles and handicrafts by government of India[clarification needed] for his research, artwork,[9] and spreading the knowledge of traditional miniature. He became noted in the Indian miniature art world for portraits of famous people, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Shivaji, Maharana Pratap, Princess Diana, and Bill Clinton.

He has received various other awards and exhibited his artwork internationally.

His children, Abhisek Sharma and Neha Sharma, are both artists and working under the guidelines of their father. They have each won their own awards.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gopal Prasad sharma". industries.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Miniature painting | art". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Surajkund crafts mela ends, records footfall of 13L visitors". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ SHARMA, INDIAN ART AND CRAFTS ARTIST GOPAL PRASAD (7 May 2014), 21-16-inch bahadur shah jafar, retrieved 6 April 2020
  5. ^ Study, Rajasthan. "National Awardees artists of Rajasthan राजस्थान के राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार प्राप्त कलाकार". Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Bhagwat Maha Puran Katha". Default Store View. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  7. ^ Agency, TNI News (6 February 2020). "सूरजकुंड मेले में आए गोपाल प्रसाद शर्मा मिनिएचर पेंटर से बातचीत करते हुए मनोज कुमार भारती TNI रिपोर्टरpic.twitter.com/w4RAsXbhAp". @tninewsagency (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Awardees | Official website of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India". www.handicrafts.nic.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  9. ^ Passion, Ma (1 November 2014). "Miniature "Gangaur Procession" by artist Gopal Prasad Sharma shows the culmination of the Gangaur Festival.pic.twitter.com/64KdPwLZwL". @mapassion2001. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Excellence Awards". lionsclubs.org. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Painting Exhibition By Neha Sharma". timescity.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

External links[]

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